The Cost Of Growing Up chords by Max McNown

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: F

Intro:

C      Am7    F


Verse 1:
         C
Ain't it interesting
C
How the smallest things stack up
         Am7                                 F
Like the Northern Cascade mountains in the sky
             C
And all that suffering
                          G  /B    Am7
Residing in my mind, it almost killed me
           F
The way it left me

Pre-Chorus:
      C
Seven months a man I hated
C
Cheated on, broken, betrayed and
G  /B           Am7
All those anxious nights spent wasted
Am7
Beating on the face I'm blaming
         F
But I survived and now I look back
F
At where I've been
F
And I know that


Chorus:
G
Ooh
    F
I'm changing
             C
I think I'll make it
              G
Signs of life showing again
G
And I know
G
Ooh
          F
I'll keep changing
                 Am           G       F
'Cause I've seen trees grow after fire
       Dm       C        F
Crying rivers make a bluff
F
And you can't love without the loss
                                 C
And that's the cost of growing up
G     F     C     G
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
G     F     C     G
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh


Verse 2:
G          C
Ain't it interesting
C
That diamonds come from coal
               Am                                        F
And steel gets sharper the more time spent in the flame
               C
And there's consistency
C
Between heartbreak and ashes
C
Scraped knees and taxes
Am                                F
One step back for every two you gain
F
And I know that


Chorus:
G
Ooh
    F
I'm changing
             C
I think I'll make it
              G
Signs of life showing again
G
And I know
G
Ooh
          F
I'll keep changing
                 Am           G       F
'Cause I've seen trees grow after fire
       Dm       C        F
Crying rivers make a bluff
F
And you can't love without the loss
                                 C
And that's the cost of growing up
G     F     C     G
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
G     F     C     G
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh


Pre-Chorus:
      C
Seven months a man I hated
C
Cheated on, broken, betrayed and
G           Am
All those anxious nights spent wasted
Am
Beating on the face I'm blaming
         F
But I survived, and now I see how far I've come and where I've been
F
And I know that


Chorus:
G
Ooh
    F
I'm changing
             C
I think I'll make it
              G
Signs of life showing again
G
And I know
G
Ooh
          F
I'll keep changing
                 Am           G       F
'Cause I've seen trees grow after fire
       Dm       C        F
Crying rivers make a bluff
F
And you can't love without the loss
                                 C
And that's the cost of growing up


Outro:
                Dm         C         F
Yeah, you can't love without the loss
N.F  .                               C
Guess that's the cost of growing up