Intro:
A
Sha
A
Sha
E
Sha

Verse 1:
A
Thought I'd be a different person, but it's just a different life
E
If I got married tomorrow, I'd feel like a teenage wife
Amaj7
I am older at the parties, thought that wouldn't bother me
E
I can tell who's turning thirty versus being twenty-three, oh

Chorus:
Amaj7
Ba-da-da, ba-da
           E
Ba-da-da, ba-da

Verse 2:
    A
The girls I knew at sixteen have a friend group of their own
  E
Thought I'd make new friends in college, but majority moved home
        Amaj7
My best friend's in New York City, she is beauty, she is grace
       E
And I wonder if we'll evеr live again in the same placе, oh

Chorus:
Amaj7
Ba-da-da, ba-da
           E
Ba-da-da, ba-da

Chorus:
       Dbm           B
Was it better? I was younger
          A                   E
Different problems, different names
       Dbm              B
Was it perfect? Was it simple?
        A               E
Was it more or less the same?
            Dbm   B
How did it change?
A                            Dbm   B
How did I change? How did it change?
A          E
How did I change? How did I?

Chorus:
Amaj7
Ba-da-da, ba-da
           E
Ba-da-da, ba-da

Verse 3:
   A                            Amaj7
I insisted that the faces of my parents couldn't change
       E
But I love how I look like my mama when she was my age
            A                             Amaj7
Thought the world only got bigger, I'd be hanging in the park
E
Throwing balls at cement walls 'til the sky got dark, oh

Chorus:
Amaj7
Ba-da-da, ba-da
           E
Ba-da-da, ba-da

Bridge:
        A
Crying at the supermarket, crying at the DMV
        E
Crying at the doctor's office, crying independently
        A
Growing pains are only growing, it's a new reality
     E
Everything feels more nostalgic in a partial memory, oh

Chorus:
Amaj7
Ba-da-da, ba-da
           E
Ba-da-da, ba-da

Chorus:
       Dbm           B
Was it better? I was younger
          A                   E
Different problems, different names
       Dbm              B
Was it perfect? Was it simple?
        A               E
Was it more or less the same?
            Dbm   B
How did it change?
A                            Gbm
How did I change? How did it change?
A
How did I change? How did I?

Outro:
A
Ba-da-da, ba-da
          Emaj7
Ba-da-da, ba-da
A
Ba-da-da, ba-da
          Emaj7
A
Ba-da-da, ba-da
          Emaj7
Ba-da-da, ba-da
A
Ba-da-da, ba-da
          Emaj7 E
Ba-da-da, ba-da
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