Growing Pains chords by Alessia Cara

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

You're on your own, kid

You are


Verse 1:
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


Pre-Chorus:
                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                    B
And I can't hide 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night


Verse 2:
A                                               E
Try to mend what's left of my content incomprehension

As I take on the stress of the mess that I've made
A                                                   E
Don't know if I even care for "grown" if it's just alone, yeah


Pre-Chorus:
                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                    B
And I can't hide 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night


Outro:
A
Starting to look like Ms. Know-it-all

Can't take her own advice
         E
Can't find pieces of my peace of mind

I cry more than I'd like to admit
               A
But I can't lie to myself, to anyone

'Cause phoning it in isn't any fun
         E
Can't run back to my youth the way I want to
                                   A
The days my brother was quicker to fool

AM radio, not much to do
                      E
Used monsters as an excuse to lie awake
E
Now the monsters are the ones that I have to face

No band-aids for the growing pains
A
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah

Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah
C#m                           B
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah, hey

No band-aids for the growing pains