Ramones - I Don't Want to Grow Up: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "I Don't Want to Grow Up" 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.

D
While I'm lying in my bed at night,
A                  D
I don't wanna grow up
Nothing ever seems to turn out right,
I don't wanna grow up

Bm                   F#m
How do you move in a world of fog that's
G                 A
always changing things
Makes me wish that I could be a dog

When I see that price that you pay,
I don't want to grow up
I don't ever wanna be that way,
I don't wanna grow up

Seems that folks turn into things they
never want to be
The only thing to live for is today

I'm gonna put a hole in my tv set,
I don't wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest and
I don't wanna grow up

Chorus:
Bm                       F#m
I don't want to have to shout it out
I don't want my hair to fall out
I don't want to be filled with doubt
I don't want to be a good boy scout
I don't want to have to learn to count
I don't want to have the biggest amount
   G        A           D
No I don't want to grow up

Well, when I see my parents fight
I don't want to grow up
They all go out and drinking all night
And I don't want to grow up

I'd rather stay here in my room
Nothing out there but sad and gloom
I don't want to live in a big old tomb
on Grand Street

When I see the 5 o'clock news
I don't want to grow up
Comb their hair and shine their shoes
I don't wanna grow up

Chorus:
Stay around in my old hometown
I don't want to put no money down
I don't want to get a big old loan
Work them fingers to the bone
I don't want to float on a broom
Fall in love, get married then boom
How the hell did it get here so soon
No, I don't want to grow up


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

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 "I Don't Want to Grow Up" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "I Don't Want to Grow Up" by Ramones.

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