[Intro]
C  C/B  Am  G 
F    G 
C  C/B  Am  G 
F
[Strophe]
C           C/B             Am        G 
Your little hand's wrapped around my finger 
         F               G 
and it's so quiet in the world tonight 
C            C/B     Am              G 
your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreamin' 
     F                         G 
so I tuck you in, turn on your favorite nightlight
[Pre-Refrain]
F                         Am 
To you, everything's funny, 
                          F 
You've got nothing to regret. 
                         G 
I'd give all I have honey 
  
if you could stay like that.
[Refrain]
C    C/B              Am        G 
Oh, darlin' don't you ever grow up, 
          F 
don't you ever grow up 
     G 
just stay this little. 
C    C/B             Am        G 
Oh, darlin' dont you ever grow up, 
         F 
dont you ever grow up 
         G 
It could stay this simple. 
            F              Am 
I won't let nobody hurt you, 
                             F 
won't let no one break your heart,  
                            G 
yeah, no one will desert you 
  
Just try to never grow up.
[Interlude]
C  C/B  Am  G 
  
F    G 
(yeah, never grow up.) 
  
C  C/B  Am  G 
  
F    G
[Strophe]
C             C/B       Am           G 
You're in the car on the way to the movies 
           F                    G 
and you're mortified your mom's dropping you off. 
C      C/B             Am             G 
At 14, there's just so much you can't do 
              F                             G 
and you can't wait to move out some day and call your own shots.
[Pre-Refrain]
F                                               Am 
But don't make her drop you off around the block, 
                                  F 
remember that she's getting older too. 
  
and don't lose the way that you dance 
 G 
around in your PJs gettin' ready for school
[Refrain]
C   C/B               Am        G 
Oh, darlin' don't you ever grow up, 
          F 
don't you ever grow up 
     G 
just stay this little. 
C   C/B               Am        G 
Oh, darlin' don't you ever grow up, 
          F 
don't you ever grow up 
         G 
It could stay this simple. 
F                      Am 
No ones ever burned you, 
                          F 
Nothing's ever left you scarred, 
                            G 
and even though you want to 
  
Just try to never grow up.
[Instrumentale]
C  C/B  Am  G 
F    G
[Pont]
F                     C                       G 
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room, 
F                 C                     G 
memorise what it sounded like when your dad gets home. 
            F                        C 
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said, 
              G 
and know your little brother's favourite songs. 
F               C            G 
I just realised everything I have  
  
is someday gonna be gone.
[Strophe]
C         C/B     Am      G 
So here I am in my new apartment, 
     F                   G 
In a big city, they just dropped me off. 
C            C/B          Am                G 
It's so much colder than I thought it would be, 
     F                       G 
so I tuck myself, and turn my nightlight on.
[Pre-Refrain]
F  C  G 
...Wish I'd never grown up,  
F  C  G 
wish I'd never grown up.
[Refrain]
C  C/B      Am         G 
Oh, I don't wanna grow up, 
         F 
wish I'd never grown up, 
         G 
I could still be little. 
C  C/B     Am          G 
Oh, I don't wanna grow up, 
         F 
wish I'd never grown up, 
          G 
It could still be simple. 
C   C/B               Am        G 
Oh, darlin' don't you ever grow up, 
          F 
don't you ever grow up, 
     G 
just stay this little. 
C   C/B              Am        G 
Oh, darlin' dont you ever grow up, 
         F 
dont you ever grow up 
         G 
It could stay this simple. 
C C/B       Am         G        F 
    I won't let nobody hurt you, 
          G                  C C/B 
won't let no one break your heart,  
    Am              G      F 
And even though you want to,  
              G 
please try to never grow up.
[Outro]
C  C/B  Am  G 
  
F    G x2 
  
C