When I Grow Up Chords & Tabs

by Tim Minchin

[Content]
F             C
When I grow up
           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
F                 C
And when I grow up
            Bb                      
I will be smart enough to answer all
      Bbm                          
The questions that you need to know
     F         C                   Bb
The answers to before you're grown up
Bbsus2            
And when I grow up
       F/A                 
I will eat sweets every day
       Gm7                   
On the way to work and I will
      F                   
Go to bed late every night
Bbsus2            
And I will wake up
         F/A               
When the sun comes up and I
           Gm7                             
Will watch cartoons until my eyes go square
C7sus4              A7/C#               Dm
And I won't care 'cause I'll be all grown up
     Dm/C     Bbmaj9
When I grow up
F                           C                  
When I grow up (when I grow up, when I grow up)
          Bbmaj7                    
I will be strong enough to carry all
     Bbm                         
The heavy things you have to haul
F                    C              Bb
Around with you when you're a grown up
F                           C                  
When I grow up (when I grow up, when I grow up)
           Bb                                
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures
Bbm                                 F 
That you have to fight beneath the bed
              C          Bb
Each night to be a grown up
Bsus2             
And when I grow up
        F/A                 
I will have treats every day
         Gm                                
And I'll play with things that mum pretends
      F                      
That mums don't think are fun
Bbsus2            
And I will wake up
          F/A              
When the sun comes up and I
               Gm                       
Will spend all day just lying in the sun
C7sus4              A7/C#                Dm
And I won't burn 'cause I'll be all grown up
     Dm/C     Bbmaj7
When I grow up
F    C    Bb    Bbm    F C Bb
F             C
When I grow up
           Bb                                
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures
Bbm                                 F 
That you have to fight beneath the bed
              C          Bb
Each night to be a grown up
(When I grow up)
Bbsus2                                       
Just because you find that life's not fair it
F/A                                                
Doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it
Gm7                                          
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
F                  
Nothing will change
(When I grow up)
Bbsus2                                      
Just because you find yourself in this story
    F/A                                          
It doesn't mean that everything is written for me
Gm7                                   
If I think the ending is fixed already
Bbdim/C                       A7/C#           
I might as well be saying I think that it's OK
    A          Dm    
And that's not right!