Alessia Cara - Growing Pains: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Growing Pains" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A                                            E
Make my way through the motions, I try to ignore it
                                         A
But home's looking farther the closer I get
Don't know why I can't see the end
            E
Is it over yet? Hmm
    A
A short leash and a short fuse don't match
                            E
They tell me it ain't that bad,
now don't you overreact
                     A
So I just hold my breath, don't know why
                                       E
I can't see the sun when young should be fun

                 A
And I guess the bad can get better
Gotta be wrong before it's right
    E
Every happy phrase engraved in my mind
                 A
And I've always been a go-getter
There's truth in every word I write
      E
But still the growing pains, growing pains
They're keeping me up at night

Chorus:
A
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah
       E
And I can't hide
'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
A
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey
       C#m
And I can't hide
                B
'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night

Try to mend what's left of my content incomprehension
As I take on the stress of the mess that I've made
Don't know if I even care for
"grown" if it's just alone, yeah

And I guess the bad can get better
Gotta be wrong before it's right
Every happy phrase engraved in my mind
I've always been a go-getter
There's truth in every word I write
But still, the growing pains, growing pains
They're keeping me up at night

Chorus:
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
And I can't hide
'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
And I can't hide
'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night

Starting to look like
Ms. Know-It-All can't take her own advice
Can't find pieces of my peace of mind
I cry more than I want to admit
But I can't lie to myself, to anyone
'Cause phoning it in isn't any fun
Can't run back to my youth the way I want to
The days my brother was quicker to fool
AM radio, not much to do
Used monsters as an excuse to lie awake
Now the monsters are the ones that I have to face
No Band-Aids for the growing pains
(Hey, hey, hey, hey)
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
No, no, no Band-Aids for the growing pains


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

E

Guitar chord E

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Growing Pains" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Growing Pains" by Alessia Cara.