C x32010 C/B x20010 G 320033 Am x02210 F 133211 CC/BAmGFGCC/BAmGF [Verse]
CC/BAmG Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
FG and its so quiet in the world tonight
CC/BAmG your little eyelids flutter cuz your dreamin
FG so I tuck you in turn on your favourite nightlight
 [Pre-Chorus]
FAm To you everythings funny,
F Youve got nothing to regret.
G I give all I have honey
 [Chorus]
CC/BAmG Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F dont you ever grow up
G just stay this little.
CC/BAmG Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F dont you ever grow up
G It could stay this simple.
FAm I wont let nobody hurt you,
F wont let noone break you heart,
G yeah noone will desert you
CC/BAmG 
FG (yeah, never grow up.)
CC/BAmGFG [Verse]
CC/BAmG Your in the car on the way to the movies
FG and your mortified you moms dropping you off.
CC/BAmG At 14 theres just so much you cant do
FG and you cant wait to move out some day and call you own shots.
 [Pre-chorus]
FAm But dont make her drop you off around the block,
F remember that shes gettin older too.
 and dont lose the way that you dance
G around in your Pj's gettin ready for school
 [Chorus]
CC/BAmG Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F dont you ever grow up
G just stay this little.
CC/BAmG Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F dont you ever grow up
G It could stay this simple.
FAm Noones ever burned you,
F Nothings ever left you scarred,
G and even thought you want to
CC/BAmGFG [Bridge]
FCG Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room,
FCG memorise what it sounded like when your dad gets home.
FC Remember the footsteps, remember the words said,
G and know your little brothers favourite songs.
FCG I just realised that everything I have
 [Verse]
CC/BAmG So here I am in my new apartment,
FG In a big city they just dropped me off.
CC/BAmG Its so much colder than I thought it would be,
FG so I tucked myself in turned my nightlight on.
 [Pre-Chorus]
FCG ...Wish Id never grown up,
FCG wish Id never grown up.
 [Chorus]
C C/BAmG Oh I dont wanna grow up,
F wish Id never grown up,
G I could still be little.
C C/BAmG Oh I dont wanna grow up,
F wish Id never grown up,
G It could still be simple.
CC/BAmG Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F dont you ever grow up
G just stay this little.
CC/BAmG Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F dont you ever grow up
G It could stay this simple.
C C/BAmGF I wont let nobody hurt you,
GC C/B wont let noone break you heart,
AmGF And even though you want to
G please try to never grow up.
CC/BAmGFG x2 C