Verse 1:
Gb
I was walking down 57th Street towards Park
Db
With the same old song in my same old heart
Ebm B
Making plans I'm gonna do when I get older
Gb
Passed a gray-haired man and I found his eyes
Db
It's like he knew my thoughts and he read my mind
Ebm B
Saying life is gonna find you when it's supposed to
Pre-Chorus:
Ebm
Felt my feet stop short and I turned my head
Gb Ab B
Tried to lean into every word he said, then he said
Chorus:
Gb B Gb
When you are younger, you wish you're older
B Gb Db
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
Bb7 Ebm Gb B
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
Gb Db
When you get older, when you get older
Post-Chorus:
Gb B Ebm Db
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Gb B Ebm Db
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Verse 2:
Gb
Have I killed my thoughts right before their prime?
Db
Have I bit my tongue one too many times
Ebm B
Have I said it all the way I really meant to?
Gb
If I wait 'til my tomorrow comes
Db Ebm
Is the waiting all I've ever done?
B
And will I get to,
Pre-Chorus:
Ebm
get to know myself in the place I am
Gb Ab B
Get to fall in love with another man and understand
Chorus:
Gb B Gb
When you are younger, you wish you're older
B Gb Db
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
Bb7 Ebm Gb B
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
Gb Db
When you get older, when you get older
Post-Chorus:
Gb B Ebm Db
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Gb B Ebm Db
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Chorus:
Gb B
When you are younger, you wish you're older
Ebm Db
When you get older, you wish for time to turn around
Gb B
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
Ebm Db
When you get older, when you get older
Outro:
Gb B Ebm Db Gb
Oh, oh, oh, oh
