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

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