Intro (x2): C F C

Verse 1:
         C               F            C
I'm so tired of taking orders from everyone
         C                F
And my house is like a hoarder's
        C
And my bed undone
             C         F
Books that I'll never read
    Am             G              F
Magazines, photo strips of you and me
         C          F    C
Felt so old at only seventeen

Verse 2:
         C              F               C
Took a flight back to Texas just like every year
           C                F               C
We barely talk, but our friendship can't disappear
           C                 F            Am
At Kerbey Lane, the coffee tastes like gasoline
            G             F
Could you order some for me?
         C            F7     C
I'm too cold and too tired to speak

Chorus:
G                 Am               F                C
All my youth, I'd never knew that lifе would ever change
C       G
But wе keep on growing
         Am                    F              G
Didn't think it showed, but I see it on your face
                 C                    F7          C
The years have passed, but you laugh exactly the same
        C              F7   C
When I see you for the holidays

Verse 3:
          C
In those eyes
              F          C
I've seen lifetimes I've had with you
         C                    F              C
From graduation, all the way back to elementary school
          C               F               Am
Teachers hang up their wreaths, children sing
       G                    F
Years ago, that was you and me
           C            F        C
What I'd give to once again be naive

Chorus:
G                 Am               F                C
All my youth, I'd never knew that lifе would ever change
C       G
But wе keep on growing
         Am                    F              G
Didn't think it showed, but I see it on your face
                 C                    F7          C
The years have passed, but you laugh exactly the same
        C              F7   C
When I see you for the holidays

Whistling Melody:
   C F C
   C F C
   C F Am G F
   C F C

Chorus:
 Strumming
G                 Am               F                C
All my youth, I'd never knew that lifе would ever change
C       G
But wе keep on growing
         Am                    F              G
Didn't think it showed, but I see it on your face
                 C                     F7        C
The years have passed, but you laugh exactly the same
        C               F7    C
When I see you for the holidays