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

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