Tonart: Db major
Verse 1
it gets complicated,
very complicated.
It's amazing how more complicated
life can sometimes be.
Everyone expects me to do just about everything on my own,
by myself, and it really isn't fair.
D
Eb
C
Everyone expects me to be well -behaved
F
C
and smile and I'll thank you very much,
D
C
I'll have some soup,
ma 'am, if you please
F
C
And I really don't like soup,
Eb
C
F
no, I don't like it a bit
C
Yet my mom says I must try it,
even just a teensy sip
G
C
Cause I'm seven, it's expected,
Eb
C
yet my sister gets all three
F
G
C
Eb
My dad says she is just a baby,
F
G
Just because I can tie my shoes,
C
my folks expect me to tie them
F
G
Just because I can read a book,
C
my folks expect me to read them.
F
They act like I'm seventeen,
G
C
G
A
but I really, really need them.
Dm
I'm sev en and I'm very
G
C
G
But I'm not a grown up.
C
I'm seven and it's difficult
convincing mom and dad
that I'm old enough to have
a pocket knife all my own.
Eb
D
My best friend Omar's got one,
C
or at least he says he's getting one.
I don't care. my dad.
Makes me nervous.
Says my mom.
D
C
Because you just might hurt yourself.
D
C
D
Or your sister. But I won't.
C
So you see what I put up with?
C
Because they say I have to wait
D
Eb
D
for at least another year
Eb
C
Eb
C
of how I wish that I were eight.
F
G
Just because I can clean my room,
C
Eb
my folks expect me to keep it tidy.
C
F
Fm
I can handle knives
F
G
and spoons,
C
so my folks expect me to set the table.
F
Fm
F
And then, when I ask for a horse,
G
C
they say, Sure,
A
but you will clean the stable.
D
G
I'm seven and I'm very grown up,
C
C
but I'm not that grown up .
G
C
D
C
D
G
C
I'm, I'm, I'm seven.
G
D
C
I'm, I'm,
D
G
D
C
G
I'm seven. Complicated.
C
G
C
D
C
G
F
G
I'm seven and
I take piano lessons once a week,
and my folks say I must practice once a day without fail,
and I hate, I hate to practice,
but my folks say I must do it,
C
F
G
C
G
D
G
C
and they make me play arpeggios and scales many times.
D
G
G
D
C
D
G
C
D
G
Seven. Seven.
C
G
F
G
C
D
C
F
G
Just because I grew beans at school,
Eb
F
cook an d dry them.
Bdim
Just because I can comb my hair,
Eb
C
brush an d part it.
F
I offer to mow the lawn,
G
C
A
but they won't even let me start it.
Dm
Gsus4
grown up
Bbsus4
F#
But when you're three
E
F#
No responsibility
Ab
Add a few years more
E
F#
Endless possibilities
Bbm
Ab
Then you get to my age
Db
Life goes from black and
Bb
Bbsus4
Bb
white to beige
Eb
Ebm
Eb
It gets complicated, very complicated,
Ebm
cause my parents and my teachers are all asking me for stuff,
F#
and it's rough, and it all builds up inside me,
and although they try to guide me,
Ab
everything pops out at two and screaming,
Db
F#
My mom says it's just a stage.
Ab
Db
E
Cause I'm seven. It's complicated
F#
Ab
Db
I ain't eight and I ain't nine
F#
Bb
Ab
Db
It's not that I want to whine
F#
Ab
Db
There are just some things that I need
Ebm
E
F#
Kids don't play games
Like, why are they always asking
Ab
Cdim
Db
me to read?
F#
They always say, come on,
Cdim
Ab
Db
use your head
Dbm
E
Like, what that means
F#
They're always telling me
Ab
to stop jumping on the bed
Db
And I'm right, I'm one of the lightest
E
Db
in my class right now
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