Tonart: F major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
people tell you that when you grow up you'll know more
but the older that I get the less
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I understand the world.
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And I can hardly recognize
people that I knew before.
F
It only took me two decades
to find out who they really are
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F
and who they've always been.
Bb
F
From the new angle where I stand,
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F
I see those sides that make them human.
Verse 2
F
The ones you thought immortal
now are greying, now are frail.
The ones you went to for your answers
are just as lost and as confused.
Bb
A gale sweeps children
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off their feet and
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F
tosses them into a sea of over
whelming reality- -
those things they didn't want to see.
C
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F
And here they call that 20.
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F
Like crossroads in the country,
C
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F
the towering door in front of me.
Verse 3
F
We're twenty. We're twenty.
Bb
F
Eb
What do people our age do?
F
Fsus4
Are we all closet philosophers
F
and record junkies too?
Bb
We're twenty. We're twenty.
Reusing our old coffee grinds cause
we can't afford fresh brew.
C
Bb
Though we say we're
C
Bb
F
I think we all just want to fit in.
Verse 4
F
You have friends that get stupid
and some friends who are firm.
You try to step lively on the balance beam
that grazes both their worlds.
Bb
You're searching for your definition
while abhorring the heard
F
and you're conscious of the fact that you
probably cost more than you're worth.
C
Bb
F
Still, a Friday night is calling
C
Bb
F
And God gave you a paycheck.
Verse 5
F
Till one day it all hits you
the universe says, "Act your age"
And you're thrown into an
intersection that parts 50 ways.
Bb
Feet mesmerized and terrified to
F
Bb
know your life will change
F
Cause the second that you pick a route
is the second that you'll say,
Verse 6
C
Bb
F
"Did I choose the right one?"
C
Bb
C
F
"In hindsight, will I be proud?"
C
But the only way to know
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F
is to travel it.
C
We're twenty. We're twenty.
Bb
C
F
Bb
What do people our age do?
C
F
C
Bb
Are we all closet philosophers
F
and record junkies too?
twenty.
Reusing our old coffee grinds cause
we can't afford fresh brew.
Csus4
C
Though we say we're grown
C
F
I think we all just want to fit in.
Verse 7
F
Folks'll ask you 'bout your future,
Bb
F
the obstacle you've only feigned
Bb
F
and you're feelin' yourself lying to
'em just to keep 'em entertained
Bb
With fin gers crossed behind your back,
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Bb
Bbm
it don't feel good to talk like that
Bb
F
But who really expects a whippersnap' to
take advice from just any old hand?
C
Bb
F
From just anyone who passes
C
Bb
We don't take words
Verse 8
F
Cause who knows where you'll be for
the next twenty years or more
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F
what tragedies or ruts will come
a- knocking at your door.
Bb
For now your most important jobs
are trying to keep a level head
F
trying to pick up your own shovel,
and shake a lot of hands
C
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F
Cause memories are milestones
C
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F
even all the bad ones
C
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F
An d 20's when you make 'em.
Verse 9
F
We're twenty. We're twenty.
Bb
F
What do people our age do?
Bb
F
Are we all closet philosophers
and record junkies too?
Bb
We're twenty. We're twenty.
Reusing our old coffee grinds cause we
can't afford fresh brew.
C
Bb
Though we say we're grown
Bb
F
Bb
I think we all just want to fit in.
Verse 10
F
We're twenty. We're twenty.
What do people our age do?
Are we all closet philosophers
and record junkies too?
Bb
Do we all re- use our coffee grinds cause
we can't afford fresh brew?
Bb
F
Can we all only stretch as far out
as our debts allow us to?
Bb
F
Though we insist that we've got it together,
F
C
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call ourselves grown men and women,
F
Bb
F
I think we all just want to fit in.
Outro 1
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