<Intro> [C] [C/B] [Am] [G] [F] [G] [C] [C/B] [Am] [G] [F] [G] [C]Your little [C/B]hand's wrapped [Am]around my [G]finger And it's [F]so quiet in the [G]world tonight. [C]Your little [C/B]eyelids [Am]flutter cause you're [G]dreaming So I [F]tuck you in, turn on your [G]favorite night light <Pre-chorus> [F]To you everything's funny[Am], you got nothing to regret[F] I'd give all I have, honey[G] If you could stay like that. <Chorus> [C]Oh [C/B]darling, don't you [Am]ever grow up[G] Don't you [F]ever grow up, just [G]stay this little [C]Oh [C/B]darling, don't you [Am]ever grow up[G] Don't you [F]ever grow up, it could [G]stay this simple. I won't let [F]nobody hurt you[Am], won't let no one break your heart[F] And no one will desert you.[G] Just try to never grow up, never grow up [C] [C/B] [Am] [G] [F] [G] (yeah, never grow up) [C] [C/B] [Am] [G] [F] [G] [C]You're in the [C/B]car on the [Am]way to the [G]movies And you're [F]mortified your mom's [G]dropping you off [C]At 14 [C/B]there's just so [Am]much you can't [G]do And you can't [F]wait to move out someday and [G]call your own shots. <Pre-chorus> [F]But don't make her drop you off around the block[Am] Remember that she's getting older [F]too. And don't lose the way that you dance [G]around in your pj's getting ready for school [C]Oh [C/B]darling, don't you [Am]ever grow [G]up Don't you [F]ever grow up, just [G]stay this little. [C]Oh [C/B]darling, don't you [Am]ever grow [G]up Don't you [F]ever grow up, it could [G]stay this simple [F]No one's ever burned you[Am], nothing's ever left you [F]scarred And even though you want to[G], just try to never grow up. [C] [C/B] [Am] [G] [F] [G] <Bridge> [F]Take pictures in your [C]mind of your childhood [G]room [F]Memorize what it [C]sounded like when your [G]dad gets home Remember the [F]footsteps, remember the [C]words said And all your [G]little brother's favorite songs [F]I just realized [C]everything I [G]have is someday gonna be gone. [C]So here I [C/B]am in my [Am]new apart-[G]ment In a [F]big city, they just [G]dropped me off. [C]It's so much [C/B]colder than I [Am]thought it would [G]be So I [F]tuck myself in and turn my [G]night light on [F] [C] [G] Wish I'd never grown up, [F] [C] [G] I wish I'd never grown up. [C]Oh [C/B]I don't [Am]wanna grow [G]up, wish I'd [F]never grown up I could [G]still be little. [C]Oh [C/B]I don't [Am]wanna grow [G]up, wish I'd [F]never grown up It could [G]still be simple. [C]Oh [C/B]darling, don't you [Am]ever grow [G]up Don't you [F]ever grow up, just [G]stay this little [C]Oh [C/B]darling, don't you [Am]ever grow [G]up Don't you [F]ever grow up, it could [G]stay this simple [C] [C/B]Won't [Am]let nobody [G]hurt you[F] Won't let [G]no one break your heart[C] [C/B] And [Am]even though you [G]want to[F], please try to [G]never grow up [C] [C/B] [Am] [G] [F] [G] ×2 [C]