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
"Growing Pains" is a single released by Canadian singer-songwriter on June 15, 2018. She had teased fans about the new single for days on Twitter before first posting the cover and then releasing "Growing Pains" a few days later.