Matilda The Musical - When I Grow Up Chords & Tabs

by Misc Musicals

[Tommy]
F             
When I grow up
C          Bb                              
I will be tall enough to reach the branches
Bbm                                  F 
That I need to reach to climb the trees
             C                     Bb
You get to climb when you're grown up

[Tommy, Bruce]
 F                C
And when I grow up
             Bb                              Bbm                        
I will be smart enough to answer all the questions that you need to know
       F          C                  Bb
The answers to before you're grown up

[Eric, Alice]
 Bb                         F/A                       Gm               
And when I grow up, I will eat sweets everyday on the way to work and I
               F               
Will go to bed late every night

[Tommy, Bruce, Eric, Alice]
               Bb             Am                              Gm  
And I will wake up when the sun comes up and I will watch cartoons
Until my eyes go square

[All children]
     C                     A  C#             
And I won't care because I'll be all grown up
Dm            Bb
When I grow up
 F                           C                  
When I grow up, when I grow up, (when I grow up)
            Bb                            Bbm                            F   
I will be strong enough to carry all the heavy things you have to haul around
                 C            Bb
With you when you’re a grown up
 F                                 C                
And when I grow up, when I grow up, (when I grow up)
            Bb                                 Bbm                                 F
I will be brave enough To fight the creatures that you have to fight beneath the bed
              C            Bb
Each night to be a grown up
Bb                                  
And when I grow up, (when I grow up)
        Am                 
I will have treats everyday
           Gm                                      F                     
And I'll play with things that mum pretends that mums don't think are fun
                Bb                 
And I will wake up (I will wake up)
          Am                                Gm                      
When the sun comes up and I will spend all day just lying in the sun
    C                     A7                 
And I won't burn because I'll be all grown up
Dm           Bb
When I grow up

[Miss Honey]
F             
When I grow up
Bb                                             Bbm                          
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures that you have to fight beneath
      F               C          Bb
The bed each night to be a grown up
  F           
When I grow up