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

          Db               Ab
You gotta keep your heart young
    Eb
Sometimes you don't die quick
     Fm
Just like you wished you'd done
    Db                Ab
The love is a loaded gun
             Eb              Ab
You've gotta keep your heart young
               Db                  Ab      Fm
You can't take back what you have done is done
             Eb              Ab
You've gotta keep your heart young