C           C&B             Am        G
Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
        F               G 
and its so quiet in the world tonight
C            C&B     Am              G
your little eyelids flutter cuz your dreamin
     F                        G
so I tuck you in turn on your favourite nightlight


Pre-Chorus:
F                       Am
To you everythings funny,
                         F
Youve got nothing to regret.
                       G
I give all I have honey

if you could stay like that.


Chorus:
C   C&B            Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F 
dont you ever grow up
     G
just stay this little.
C   C&B            Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F
dont you ever grow up
         G
It could stay this simple.
           F              Am
I wont let nobody hurt you,
                            F
wont let noone break you heart, 
                          G
yeah noone will desert you

Just try to never grow up.

C  C&B  Am  G 
F    G
(yeah, never grow up.)

C  C&B  Am  G 
F    G


Verse:
C           C&B       Am           G
Your in the car on the way to the movies
          F                 G
and your mortified you moms dropping you off.
C    C&B             Am            G
At 14 theres just so much you cant do
             F                             G
and you cant wait to move out some day and call you own shots.


Pre-chorus:
F                                              Am                          
But dont make her drop you off around the block,
                                 F       
remember that shes gettin older too.

and dont lose the way that you dance
 G
around in your Pj's gettin ready for school


Chorus:
C   C&B            Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F 
dont you ever grow up
     G
just stay this little.
C   C&B            Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F
dont you ever grow up
         G
It could stay this simple.
F                     Am
Noones ever burned you,
                          F
Nothings ever left you scarred,
                            G
and even thought you want to

Just try to never grow up.


C  C&B  Am  G 
F    G


Bridge:
F                     C                       G
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room,
F                 C                     G
memorise what it sounded like when your dad gets home.
            F                        C
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said,
              G
and know your little brothers favourite songs.
F                    C            G
I just realised that everything I have 
                    
is someday gonna be gone.


Verse:
C         C&B     Am      G
So here I am in my new apartment,
     F                  G
In a big city they just dropped me off.
C           C&B          Am                G
Its so much colder than I thought it would be,
      F                         G
so I tucked myself in turned my nightlight on.


Pre-Chorus:
F  C  G
...Wish Id never grown up, 

F  C  G
wish Id never grown up.


Chorus:
C C&B     Am         G
Oh I dont wanna grow up,
         F
wish Id never grown up,
         G
I could still be little.
C C&B     Am          G
Oh I dont wanna grow up,
         F
wish Id never grown up,
          G
It could still be simple.

C   C&B            Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F 
dont you ever grow up
     G
just stay this little.
C   C&B            Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F
dont you ever grow up
         G
It could stay this simple.
C C&B      Am         G        F           
    I wont let nobody hurt you,
          G                   C C&B       
wont let noone break you heart, 
    Am              G      F                      
And even though you want to 
              G
please try to never grow up.


C  C&B  Am  G 
F    G x2

C