Verse:
C
They tell you while you're young
Am
"Girls, go out and have your fun,"
EmFG
Then they hunt and slay the ones who actually do it
C
Criticize the way you fly
Am
When you're soarin' through the sky
Em
Shoot you down, and then they sigh and say
FG
"She looks like she's been through it,"
Pre-Chorus:
F
Lord, what will become of me
G
Once I've lost my novelty?
Chorus:
FGC
I've had too much to drink tonight
CAm
And I know it's sad, but this is what I think about
FGC
And I wake up in the middle of the night
CAm
It's like I can feel time moving
FGCCAm
How can a person know everything at eighteen but nothin' at twenty-two?
FG
And will you still want me when I'm nothin' new?
Verse:
C
How long will it be cute
Am
All this cryin' in my room
EmFG
Whеn you can't blame it on my youth and roll your eyes with affеction?
C
And my cheeks are growin' tired
Am
From turnin' red and fakin' smiles
EmFG
Are we only bidin' time 'til I lose your attention?
Pre-Chorus:
F
And someone else lights up the room
G
People love an ingénue
Chorus:
FGC
I've had too much to drink tonight
CAm
How did I go from growin' up to breakin' down
FGC
And I wake up in the middle of the night
CAm
It's like I can feel time moving
FGCCAm
How can a person know everything at eighteen but nothin' at twenty-two?
FG
And will you still want me when I'm nothin' new?
Bridge:
F
I know someday I'm gonna meet her
GF
It's a fever dream
FGF
The kind of radiance you only have at seventeen
FGF
She'll know the way and then she'll say she got the map from me
GC
I'll say I'm happy for her, then I'll cry myself to sleep
Chorus:
FGC
I've had too much to drink tonight
CAm
But I wonder if they'll miss me once they drive me out
FGC
I wake up in the middle of the night
CAm
And I can feel time moving
FGCCAm
How can a person know everything at eighteen but nothin' at twenty-two?
Outro:
FG
And will you still want me
FG
Will you still want me
FG
Will you still want me
When I'm nothin' new?