Don't Date The Teenager chords by Gretta Ray

Key: D

Verse:
D
  I saw your photo on my phone when I was 18
A
  Fresh out the shower and fresh onto the music scene
G
  Smart and successful, highly impressionable was I then (was I then)

And I was fine then

D
  You seemed so gentlemanly, tender, sensitive, romantic
A
  Your fast infatuation with me made my parents panic
G

  Caught up in your head 'til I lay in your bed

A daydream


Pre-Chorus:
                            Em                  D
Is when I'm taking my first shot with you, in a dim lit room
        G
We were on route to your friends' thirtieth birthday
Em                         D
"I love you's, " whispered far too soon
     G
How I look at you is the best thing in the worst way


Chorus:
D
 But now I'm 20, and I'm not as fun
A
  Hold it against me when I have opinions
 Em
If you're needing saving, then this won't get far
G
  Don't date the teenager na, na, na, na, na

D
  You won't go out with my young friends to clubs
A
  We go to weddings, everyone is on drugs
  Em
If you need a baby who can drive your car
G
  Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na

D


Verse:
D
  We go to dinner to discuss your quarter-life crisis
A
  Somehow I end up in tears, boy, you're full of surprises
G
  You pay the check and then the two of us head home in silence

Now I feel bad for crying


Pre-chorus:
                        Em                   D
But this isn't my first fight with you, in a dim lit room
        G
We were on route to three kids and a divorce, right?
Em                         D
"I love you's, " whispered far too soon
     G
How I look at you these days is in a new light


Chorus:
D
  'Cause now I'm 20, and you're not as fun (you're not as fun)
A
  Hold it against me when I have opinions (oh)
  Em
If you're needing saving, then this won't get far (won't get far)
G
  Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na

D
  You won't go out with my young friends to clubs (friends to clubs)
A
  We go to weddings, everyone is on drugs (on drugs)
  Em
If you need a baby who can drive your car (drive your car)
G
  Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na


D
  Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na
A
  Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na
G
  Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na (na)


Bridge:
        Em                     D
I try recreating the earlier days when singing your
   G
Praises felt like telling the truth (telling the truth)
              Em                              D
Now I'm just ashamed, friends only drop your name when
            G
So casually saying (saying), "What the fuck are you gonna do "


Chorus:
D
  'Cause now I'm 20 and this isn't fun
A
  Hold it against me when I have opinions
  Em
If you're needing saving, then this won't get far (won't get far)
G
  Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na


Outro:
D
  Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na (na, na, na, na)
A
  Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na, na (na, na)
  Em
If you need a baby who can drive your car
G
  Don't date the teenager, na, na, na, na
D