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Older Tab by Alec Benjamin

Older tab by Alec Benjamin

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  • Difficulty: Beginner
Key: D

Verse 1:

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B|-3-----------3-------|-3-----------3-------|-2------2-------2----|--------2-------2----|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-2-----------2-------|-2-----------2-------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|




      I'm not prepared for the future / So many things that I just don't know
I
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G|-4-------------------|---------------------|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0-------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

      Cut my hair, got a new shirt, new pair of shoes and / it's time to go
I

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B|-3-----------3-------|-3-----------3-------|-2------2-------2----|--------2-------2----|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-2-----------2-------|-2-----------2-------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

      Finally found an apartment / signed a lease on a car this month
I

e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
B|-3------3----0--3----|-0------3----0--3----|-0------0-------0----|-----------------|
G|-4-------------------|---------------------|-0-----------0-------|-----------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|

      Can't go back to the start now / time doesn't slow down / I'm on my own, guess my

Chorus:

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B|---------------------|---------------------|-2------2-------2----|--------2-------2--|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-2-----------2-------|-2-----------2-----|
D|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0-------|---------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|

      childhood is over / now I'm taking down my posters / and I'm putting all my things  / inside a box next
          to a toaster, that's my

e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
B|-3------3----0--3----|-0------3----0--3----|-0------0-------0----|--------0-------0--0--|
G|-4-------------------|---------------------|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0--------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|

      closest thing to closure / I can't stop this roller coaster / I'm not ready to get older / I'm not ready
          to get older / guess my

e|--------2-------2----|--------2-------2----|---------------------|-------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|-2------2-------2----|--------2-------2--|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-2-----------2-------|-2-----------2-----|
D|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0-------|---------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|

      childhood is over / now I'm taking down my posters / and I'm putting all my things / inside a box next
          to a toaster / and I'm telling all my friends / we'll get together next October / that's my

e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-3------3----0--3----|-0------3----0--3----|-0------0-------0----|--------0-------0----|
G|-4-------------------|---------------------|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0-------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

      closest thing to closure / I can't stop this roller coaster / I'm not ready to get older / I'm not ready
          to get older /

e|-------2------2----|-------2----------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B|-------3-----------|------------------|-2------2------2----|--------2------2----|-3------3-------3----|
G|-------2-----------|------------------|-2------2-----------|-2------2-----------|-4------4------------|
D|-------0------0----|-------0----------|-2------------------|--------------------|-4-------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
      Bm____ / ba-da-da da da da / bm____ / ba-da-da da da da / Bm____

e|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B|-------3------3----|-0------0------0----|---------0------0----|
G|-4-----4-----------|-0------0-----------|-0-------0-----------|
D|-------------------|-0------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|

       ba-da-da da da da / dm dm dm____


Verse 2:

e|-2--------------2----|-2------2-------2----|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-3------3----3-------|-------------3-------|-2------2-------2----|--------2-------2----|
G|-2-------------------|---------------------|-2-----------2-------|-2-----------2-------|
D|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0-------|-2-------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

      Never thought I'd be twenty / now thirty don't seem too far away
I

e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
B|-3------3-------3----|--------3-------3----|-0------0-------0----|-0------0-------0--0--|
G|-4-----------4-------|-4-----------4-------|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0--------|
D|-4-------------------|---------------------|-0-------------------|----------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|

      know I gotta / make a little money / then maybe find somebody / to call my own

e|-2--------------2----|-2------2-------2----|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-3------3----3-------|-------------3-------|-2------2-------2----|--------2-------2----|
G|-2-------------------|---------------------|-2------2-----2------|-2------2----2-------|
D|-0--------------0----|-0-------------0-----|-2-------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

      Mm____ I'm not ready but I / cant____ go back in time
I /

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B|-3------3-------3----|--------3-------3----|-0------0-------0----|------------------|
G|-4------4----4-------|-4------4----4-------|-0------0----0-------|------------------|
D|-4-------------------|---------------------|-0-------------------|------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|

      know____ it's all out of my control / now I know / guess my


Chorus:

e|--------2-------2----|--------2-------2----|---------------------|-------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|-2------2-------2----|--------2-------2--|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-2-----------2-------|-2-----------2-----|
D|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0-------|---------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|

      childhood is over / now I'm taking down my posters / and I'm putting all my things inside a box next to
          a toaster / that's my

e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
B|-3------3----0--3----|-0------3----0--3----|-0------0-------0----|--------0-------0--0--|
G|-4-------------------|---------------------|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0--------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|

      closest thing to closure / I can't stop this roller coaster / I'm not ready to get older / I'm not ready
          to get older / guess my

e|--------2-------2----|--------2-------2----|---------------------|-------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|-2------2-------2----|--------2-------2--|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-2-----------2-------|-2-----------2-----|
D|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0-------|---------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------------|

      childhood is over / now I'm taking down my posters / and I'm telling all my friends we'll get together
          next October / that's my

e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-3------3----0--3----|-0------3----0--3----|-0------0-------0----|--------0-------0----|
G|-4-------------------|---------------------|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0-------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

      closest thing to closure / I can't stop this roller coaster / I'm not ready to get older / I'm not ready
          to get older

e|-------2------2----|-------2----------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B|-------3-----------|------------------|-2------2------2----|--------2------2----|-3------3-------3----|
G|-------2-----------|------------------|-2------2-----------|-2------2-----------|-4------4------------|
D|-------0------0----|-------0----------|-2------------------|--------------------|-4-------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|

      Bm____ / ba-da-da da da da // Bm____ ba-da-da da da da // Bm____ /

e|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B|-------3------3----|-0------0------0----|---------0------0----|
G|-4-----4-----------|-0------0-----------|-0-------0-----------|
D|-------------------|-0------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|

      ba-da-da da da da / dm dm dm____ /


Bridge:

e|-2------2-------2----|-------2-------2----|---------------------|--------------------|
B|-3-----------3-------|------------3-------|-2------2-------2----|-------2-------2----|
G|-2-------------------|--------------------|-2-----------2-------|------------2-------|
D|---------------------|--------------------|-2-------------------|--------------------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|

      Guess my childhood is over / one day I'll be buying posters / for my kids just like my / parents did for

e|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
B|-3------3-------3----|-------3-------3----|-0------0-------0----|-3-----------------|
G|-4-----------4-------|------------4-------|-0-----------0-------|------------2------|
D|-4-------------------|--------------------|-0-------------------|-------------------|
A|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------|

      me, / it's never over / they'll grow up and soon enough / they'll wish that time would just move slower
          / I'm not ready to get older / I'm not ready to get older

Chorus:

e|------------------|-2------2-------2----|--------2-------2----|---------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------|-3-----------3-------|-------------3-------|-2------2-------2----|--------2-------2----|
G|------------------|-2-------------------|---------------------|-2------2----2--2----|-2-----------2-------|
D|------------------|-0------0-------0----|-0------0-------0----|-2-------------------|---------------------|
A|---------0--------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

      Guess my childhood is over / now I'm taking down my posters / and I'm putting all my things inside a box
          next to a toaster / that's my

e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------2----|
B|-3------3-------3----|--------3-------3----|-0------0-------0----|-------------3----|
G|-4------4----4--4----|-4------4----4--4----|-0------0----0--0----|-------------2----|
D|-4-------------------|---------------------|-0-------------------|------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|

      closest thing to closure / I can't stop this roller coaster / I'm not ready to get older / I'm not ready
          to get older / Bm____ /

e|--------2----------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|-2------2------2----|--------2------2----|-3------3------3----|
G|-------------------|-2------2-----------|-2------2-----------|-4------4-----------|
D|-0------0----------|-2------------------|--------------------|-4------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

      ba-da-da da da da / Bm____ / ba-da-da da da da / Bm____ /

e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-0------0------0----|--------0------0----|
G|-0------0-----------|-0------0-----------|
D|-0------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|

      ba-da-da da da da / dm dm dm____


Outro:

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B|-3-----------3-------|-3-----------3-------|-2------2-------2----|--------2-------2----|
G|---------------------|---------------------|-2-----------2-------|-2-----------2-------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

      I'm not prepared for the future / So many things that I just don't know
I /

e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------|
B|-3------3-------3----|--------3-------3----|-0------0-------0----|----------------|
G|-4-----------4-------|-4-----------4-------|-0-----------0-------|----------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------|

      cut my hair, got a new shirt / new pair of shoes, and / it's time to go

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