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

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