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? Outro -x2-: C C Am Ab
