Maddie Poppe - Dont ever let your children grow up

^DThat was the way, that was the way it ^F#mwas When you're ^Bmfive years old and don't have nowhere else to ^Grun Except ^Dinto your mother's arms, where she held you so ^F#mtight And you're ^Bmscared of the dark so you sleep with your little night ^Glight

When you ^Dwalked up to school and everyone there was your best ^F#mfriend When you ^Bmlearned your numbers and shapes and played ^Gpretend You didn't ^Dmind that your hair was a mess, you were so care^F#mfree You didn't ^Bmknow how cold and cruel this world would ^Gone day be

^EmWe were just so ^Ayoung We should have ^Dknown We ^F#mshould have ^Bmknown That one ^Emday we'd hate our bodies and we'd ^Aorbit around buttons on a ^Dphone We ^F#mshould have ^Bmknown That one ^Emday we'd pluck our eyebrow hairs and ^Awonder why the cool kids stared at ^Dme Oh ^F#mwhy'd it have to ^Bmbe Our ^Emimaginations have run dry We ^Ahate ourselves and have a nightly ^Dcry And then we ^F#mact like we're ^Bmfine It's ^Emalcohol and bombs and drugs, don't ^Aever let your children grow ^Dup

(Oh ^F#moh oh oh oh ^Bmoh) D F#m

We would ^Dswing on the swings and jump off and pretend we could ^F#mfly But as ^Bmsoon as we blinked we grew up and we're junior ^Ghigh So our ^Ddads dropped us off at the park and we stayed out 'till ^F#mten So the ^Bmmakeup comes out and we think we need the ^Gperfect boyfriend

^EmWe were just so ^Ayoung How didn't we ^Dknow How ^F#mdidn't we ^Bmknow That we'd be ^Emindependent on our own and ^Alose more friends while traveling down the ^Droad Oh, how ^F#mdidn't we ^Bmknow That there's ^Emmore to life than sleepovers and ^Ajocks turn out worse than the science ^Dnerds But ^F#msomehow that all gets ^Bmblurred And some re^Emlationships they end real fast And ^Athough you want you might never get it ^Dback The doors ^F#mclose just like ^Bmthat It's de^Empression and it's broken love, don't ^Aever let your children grow ^Dup

(Oh ^F#moh oh oh oh ^Bmoh) D F#m

^EmWe're no longer ^Ayoung So now that we ^Dknow So ^F#mnow that we ^Bmknow That this ^Emworld could use some turning 'round, if ^Aonly we could find some common ^Dground But it's ^F#mup to ^Bmus And al^Emthough at times it gets so rough, you have ^Agot to let your children grow up^D Oh ^F#moh oh oh oh ^Bmoh Yeah, you have ^Emgot to let your children, ^Agot to let your children grow ^Dup