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

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