Verse
B
I was walking down 57th Street towards Park
F#
With the same old song in my same old heart
G#m E
Making plans I'm gonna do when I get older
B
Passed a gray-haired man and I found his eyes
F#
It's like he knew my thoughts and he read my mind
G#m E
Saying life is gonna find you when it's supposed to
[Pre-chorus]
G#m
Felt my feet stop short and I turned my head
B/F# C#/F E
Tried to lean into every word he sai-aid, then he said
[Chorus]
B E B
When you are younger, you wish you're older
E B F#
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
D#7/G G#m B E
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
B F#
When you get older, when you get older
[Post-Chorus]
B E G#m F#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
B E G#m F#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ho
[Verse 2]
B
Have I killed my thoughts right before their prime?
F#
Have I bit my tongue one too many times
G#m E
Have I said it all the way I really meant to?
B
If I wait 'til my tomorrow comes
F# D#7/G G#m
Is the waiting all I've ever do -o one?
E
And will I get to,
[Pre-chorus]
G#m
get to know myself in the place I am
B/F# C#/F E
Get to fall in love with another ma-a-an and understand
[Chorus]
B E B
When you are younger, you wish you're older
E B F#
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
D#7/G G#m B E
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
B F#
When you get older, when you get older
[Post-Chorus]
B E G#m F#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
B E G#m F#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ho
[Chorus]
B E
When you are younger, you wish you're older
G#m F#
When you get older, you wish for time to turn around
B/D# E
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
G#m F#
When you get older, when you get older
[Outro]
B E G#m F#
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
B
oh oh oh oh oh