Verse
G
I was walking down 57th Street towards Park
D
With the same old song in my same old heart
Em C
Making plans I'm gonna do when I get older
G
Passed a gray-haired man and I found his eyes
D
It's like he knew my thoughts and he read my mind
Em C
Saying life is gonna find you when it's supposed to
[Pre-chorus]
Em
Felt my feet stop short and I turned my head
G/D A/C# C
Tried to lean into every word he sai-aid, then he said
[Chorus]
G C G
When you are younger, you wish you're older
C G D
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
B7/D# Em G C
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
G D
When you get older, when you get older
[Post-Chorus]
G C Em D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
G C Em D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ho
[Verse 2]
G
Have I killed my thoughts right before their prime?
D
Have I bit my tongue one too many times
Em C
Have I said it all the way I really meant to?
G
If I wait 'til my tomorrow comes
D B7/D# Em
Is the waiting all I've ever do -o one?
C
And will I get to,
[Pre-chorus]
Em
get to know myself in the place I am
G/D A/C# C
Get to fall in love with another ma-a-an and understand
[Chorus]
G C G
When you are younger, you wish you're older
C G D
Then when you're older, you wish for time to turn around
B7/D# Em G C
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
G D
When you get older, when you get older
[Post-Chorus]
G C Em D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
G C Em D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ho
[Chorus]
G C
When you are younger, you wish you're older
Em D
When you get older, you wish for time to turn around
G/B C
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
Em D
When you get older, when you get older
[Outro]
G C Em D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
G
oh oh oh oh oh