Intro: G
 
Verse 1:
G                                  C             G
My Grandpa gave a wheat penny and I kept it in my pocket
G                                 D
I had big plans in my back yard to build me a space rocket
G                                         C                   G
I talked to my brother on a fake cb that I made from a tic-tac box
G                                              D            G
I packed my snowballs nice and tight but in the middle I put rocks
 
Pre-Chorus:
C                                                          G
Don't trade in your tic-tac box for a ball on the end of a chain
                                                        D
And don't go spending Grandpa's pennies buying into the game
 
Chorus:
          C               G
You gotta keep your heart young
D                     Em
Don't go growing old before your time has come
               C                  G
You can't take back what you have done
             D              G
You've gotta keep your heart young
 
Verse 2:
G                                        C                G
Dad took the wheels off of my bike and he pushed me down a hill
                                 D
But speed got the best of me and I took my first spill
G                             C            G
That was back when alcohol was only used on cuts
                                                D                G
It stung like hell so I jerked my leg and momma said it'd give me guts
 
Pre-Chorus:
C                                                          G
Don't trade in your tic-tac box for a ball on the end of a chain
                                                        D
And don't go spending Grandpa's pennies buying into the game
 
Chorus:
          C               G
You gotta keep your heart young
D                     Em
Don't go growing old before your time has come
               C                  G
You can't take back what you have done
             D              G
You've gotta keep your heart young
 
Verse 3:
                                          C           G
So take a picture of the one you love and put it in a locket
                                    D
Go dig up your time capsule and the blue prints for your rocket
G                               C                G
Keep in touch on a fake cb, that same old tic-tac box
                                                   D               G
Pack your snowballs a little less tight but in the middle still put rocks
 
Chorus:
    C               G
And keep your heart young
D                     Em
Don't go growing old before your time has come
               C                  G
You can't take back what you have done
             D              G
You've gotta keep your heart young
 

          C               G
You gotta keep your heart young
    D
Sometimes you don't die quick
     Em
Just like you wished you'd done
    C                G
The love is a loaded gun
             D              G
You've gotta keep your heart young
               C                  G      Em
You can't take back what you have done is done
             D              G
You've gotta keep your heart young