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

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