[Verse]
C
They tell you while you’re young
Am
“Girls, go out and have your fun,”
Em F G
Then they hunt and slay the ones who actually do it
C
Criticize the way you fly
Am
When you’re soarin’ through the sky
Em
Shoot you down, and then they sigh and say
F G
“She looks like she’s been through it,”
[Pre-Chorus]
F
Lord, what will become of me
G
Once I’ve lost my novelty?
[Chorus]
F G C
I’ve had too much to drink tonight
C/B Am
And I know it’s sad, but this is what I think about
F G C
And I wake up in the middle of the night
C/B Am
It’s like I can feel time moving
F G C C/B Am
How can a person know everything at eighteen but nothin’ at twenty-two?
F G
And will you still want me when I’m nothin’ new?
[Verse]
C
How long will it be cute
Am
All this cryin’ in my room
Em F G
Whеn you can’t blame it on my youth and roll your eyes with affеction?
C
And my cheeks are growin’ tired
Am
From turnin’ red and fakin’ smiles
Em F G
Are we only bidin’ time ’til I lose your attention?
[Pre-Chorus]
F
And someone else lights up the room
G
People love an ingénue
[Chorus]
F G C
I’ve had too much to drink tonight
C/B Am
How did I go from growin’ up to breakin’ down
F G C
And I wake up in the middle of the night
C/B Am
It’s like I can feel time moving
F G C C/B Am
How can a person know everything at eighteen but nothin’ at twenty-two?
F G
And will you still want me when I’m nothin’ new?
[Bridge]
F
I know someday I’m gonna meet her
G F
It’s a fever dream
F G F
The kind of radiance you only have at seventeen
F G F
She’ll know the way and then she’ll say she got the map from me
G C
I’ll say I’m happy for her, then I’ll cry myself to sleep
[Chorus]
F G C
I’ve had too much to drink tonight
C/B Am
But I wonder if they’ll miss me once they drive me out
F G C
I wake up in the middle of the night
C/B Am
And I can feel time moving
F G C C/B Am
How can a person know everything at eighteen but nothin’ at twenty-two?
[Outro]
F G
And will you still want me
F G
Will you still want me
F G
Will you still want me
When I’m nothin’ new?
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