When I Grow Up Cifras

Tim Minchin - When I Grow Up (From the Matilda Musical)
 
 
Chords:
 
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F                 C
When I grow up,
 
          Bb
I will be tall enough to reach the branches
 
Bbm
That I need to reach to climb
 
     F                 C                      Bb
The tress 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                        Gm
I will eat sweets every day on the way to work
 
                  F
And I will go to bed late every night.
 
Bbsus2
And I will wake up
 
         F/A
When the sun comes up
 
                   Gm
And I will watch cartoons until my eyes go square
 
    C                 Dbdim
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,
 
Dm      C  Bb
When I grow up.
 
 
 
F                 C
When I grow up,
 
            Bb
I will be strong enough to carry all
 
      Bbm                          F
The heavy things you have to haul around with you
 
       C            Bb
When you're a grown up.
 
 
 
F                      C
And when I grow up,
 
          Bb
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures
 
Bbm                                F
That you have to fight beneath the bed each night
 
   C          Bb
To be a grown up.
 
 
 
Bbsus2
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
 
                    Gm
And I will spend all day just lying in the sun
 
    C               Dbdim
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,
 
Dm   C     Bb
When I grow up.
 
 
 
F                     C
And when I grow up,
 
           Bb
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures
 
Bbm                              F
That you have to fight beneath the bed each night
 
    C         Bb
To be a grown up.
 
            Bbsus2
When I grow up...
 
 
 
(Bbsus2)
Just because you think that life's not fair, it
 
F/A
Doesn't meant 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.
 
Bbsus2
Just because I find myself in this story, it
 
F/A
Doesn't mean that everything is written for me,
 
Gm7
If I think the ending is fixed already
 
   C                        Dbdim
I might as well be saying I think that it's OK
 
     Dbdim/A      Dbdim        Dm
And    that's       not       right!
 
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