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

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