Growing Older But Not Up Cifras

[Intro]
G#m7    A     B      E
 
[Verse]
 
E
I rounded first never thought of the worst
     B
As I studied the shortstop's position
B7
Crack went my leg like the shell of an egg      
        E
Someone call a decent physician
A                G#m7       A
I'm no Pete Rose,I can't pretend
                       E                B7                  E
Though my mind is quite flexible, these brittle bones don't bend
 
[Chorus]
           E
I'm growing older but not up
             B7
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck
           G#m7              A
Let those winds of time blow over my head
           B                              B7     E      B7
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead
 
[Verse]
 
E
Sometimes I see me as an old manatee
        B
Headin' south as the waters grow colder
B7
Tries to steer clear of the hum-drum so near
        E
It cuts prop scars deep in his shoulder
    A                                        G#m7          A
But that's how it goes (that's how it goes), right to the end 
                        E               B7                  E
Though his body's quite flexible, that barnacle brain don't bend
 
[Chorus]
 
            E
I'm growing older but not up
             B7
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck
          G#m7                A
Let those winds of time blow over my head   
           B                              B7     E      B7
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead
 
[Solo]
 
    E
Now don't get me wrong
E
This is not a sad song
       B
Just events that I have happened to witness
    B7
And time takes its toll as we head for the poll
       E
And no one dies from physical fitness
   A                            G#m7         A
So what the hell, we'll take it right to the end
                      E               B7              E
As the days grow more complicated the nightlife still wins
 
[Chorus]
 
            E
I'm growing older but not up
             B7
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck  
          G#m7                 A
Let those winds of change blow over my head   
           B                              B7    E     B7
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead
          G#m7               A
Let those winds of time blow over my head  
           B                         A G#m F#m E B7  E
I'd rather die while I'm living than li-ve while I'm dead
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