Guitar chords Never Grow Up

Never Grow Up by Taylor Swift is a song that reflects on the feelings of nostalgia and apprehension towards the inevitability of growing up. Swift wrote this song as a reflection on the purity of childhood and the simplicity of life before the responsibilities of adulthood set in.

Key:  C
Introduction:
C
  
C/B
  
Am
  
G
  
F
  
G
  
C
  
C/B
  
Am
  
G
  
F
  
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

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.

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.

C
  
C/B
  
Am
  
G
 
F
    
G
 
(yeah, never grow up.)
C
  
C/B
  
Am
  
G
 
F
    
G
 

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.

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

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.

C
  
C/B
  
Am
  
G
 
F
    
G
 

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.

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.

F
  
C
  
G
 
...Wish I'd never grown up,
F
  
C
  
G
 
wish I'd never grown up.

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.

C
  
C/B
  
Am
  
G
 
F
    
G
 
C