Growing Up Is Hard
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
4th traste
[Intro]
C Em D
[Verse 1]
C Em D
Threw a mattress on the floor and made a home out of a dorm room
C Em D
She got a credit card in her name to buy what she couldn't afford to
C Em
And now she's eighteen, she can barely eat and barely drive
D
Mind racing, what's the meanin' of being alive?
C Em D
I don't blame her for not doing anything she was supposed to
[Chorus]
C
So much for the young and free
Em D
I know that you feel confused
C
I'm sorry that it hurt so much
Em D
Growing up is hard to do
C
You'll always be a part of me
Em D
Swear I'll take better care of you
C
I'm sorry that it hurt so much
Em D
Growing up is hard to do, hard to do
[Interlude]
C Em D
[Verse 2]
C Em
Rubbing drugs into your gums to prove to your friends
D
That you're a good time, 'til you're crying in the stairwell
C Em
Holding your hair back, wishing you had kept your body to youself
D
Can't forget the way it felt
[Chorus]
C
So much for the young and free
Em D
I know that you feel confused
C
I'm sorry that it hurt so much
Em D
Growing up is hard to do
C
You'll always be a part of me
Em D
Swear I'll take better care of you
C
I'm sorry that it hurt so much
Em D
Growing up is hard to do, hard to do
[Interlude]
C Em D
[Bridge]
D
You drank yourself dizzy
C
Held in all your secrets
Em
Took off running naked with a handle in your arms
D
Woke up in a fever
C
Sweating out your bad decisions
Em
Couldn't even see straight but you still got in the car
D
Tried to be a cool girl
C
You know the way that boys are
Em
You just want to talk, but it's your body that he counts
D
It's snowing up in Amherst
C
You don't feel a damn thing
Em D C Em D
Everything's a mess when you got nothing figured out
[Outro]
C
You'll always be a part of me
Em D
Swear I'll take better care of you
C
I'm sorry that it hurt so much
Em D C
Growing up is hard
How to play Growing Up Is Hard
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.