Intro (x2): G6  Am7  F

Verse 1:
        C                  Am7
When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years
    F
And just start being wise?
        C                    Am7                   F
When am I gonna stop being a pretty young thing to guys?
        C                  Am7
When am I gonna stop being great for my age
    F
And just start being good?
          C                        Am7          F
When will it stop being cool to be quietly misunderstood?

Chorus:
     Em           E              F           C
I'll blow out the candles, happy birthday to me
         Em          E                   F        C
Got your whole life ahead of you, you're only nineteen
      Dm                                       Fm
But I fear they already got all the best parts of me
        Dm                                      Fm6     Fm
And I'm sorry that I couldn't always be your teenage dream

Verse 1:
          C                       Am7
When does wide-eyed affection and all good intentions
  F
Start to not be enough?
          C                   Am7                 F
When will everyone have every reason to call all my bluffs?
         C                 Am7
When are all my excuses of learning my lessons
    F
Gonna start to feel sad?
       C                        Am7                   F
Will I spend all the rest of my years wishin' I could go back?

Chorus:
     Em           E              F           C
I'll blow out the candles, happy birthday to me
         Em          E                   F        C
Got your whole life ahead of you, you're only nineteen
      Dm                                       Fm
But I fear they already got all the best parts of me
        Dm                                      Fm6     Fm 
And I'm sorry that I couldn't always be your teenage dream

Bridge:
C                 Em              F                  Fm
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
      C                 Em              F                   Fm
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't?
C                 Em              F                  Fm
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
      C                 Em              F                   Fm
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't?

C                 Em              F                  Fm
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
      C                 Em              F                   Fm
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't?
C                 Em              F                  Fm
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
      C                 Em              F                   Fm
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't?

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