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

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