Growing Up chords by Roy Orbison

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Roy Orbison
Growing Up
(Orbison/Dees)

From: "The Classic Roy Orbison" (1966)

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CHORDS

     E-A-D-G-B-e
E minorEm    x-x-2-0-0-0 (= Cmaj7Cmaj7 but no root)
A minorAm    x-x-2-2-1-0 (= Fmaj7Fmaj7 but no root)
Cmaj7Cmaj7   x-3-2-0-0-0
Fmaj7Fmaj7   1-x-2-2-1-0 or (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
G7G7    3-x-0-0-0-1
G7sus4G7sus4  3-x-0-0-1-1
G7*    3-x-0-0-3-1
F/GF/G    3-x-3-2-1-1
G6G6    3-x-0-0-0-0

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Intro:
| E minorEm | % | A minorAm | % |
| Cmaj7Cmaj7 | % | Fmaj7Fmaj7 | % |

Verse:
Cmaj7Cmaj7              Fmaj7Fmaj7
 Your life begins when teardrops start
Cmaj7Cmaj7          Fmaj7Fmaj7
 A augmentedA broken toy, a broken heart
Cmaj7Cmaj7              Fmaj7Fmaj7
 All of these things are just a part
G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7
Of growing up


Verse:
Cmaj7Cmaj7            Fmaj7Fmaj7
 From kiddie cars to walking shoes
Cmaj7Cmaj7          Fmaj7Fmaj7
 From lullabys to lonely blues
Cmaj7Cmaj7            Fmaj7Fmaj7
 Somehow you never quite get used
G+G      Cmaj7Cmaj7
 To growing up

Chorus:
A minorAm
 Yeah yeah you're growing up
FF
 Yeah yeah you're growing up
D7D7                G7G7 G7sus4G7sus4 | G7G7 * | G7G7 * |  C majorC :
 It's good to know you're growing u –u    -up      (break)


Verse:
C majorC               Fmaj7Fmaj7
 The wheel of fortune takes a spin
Cmaj7Cmaj7               Fmaj7Fmaj7
 Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win
Cmaj7Cmaj7            Fmaj7Fmaj7
 But you must play the game again
F/GF/G      G7G7
Drink another cup
    C majorC
You're growing up.


Chorus: (key change)
DmDm
 Yeah yeah you're growing up
Bb majorBb
 Yeah yeah you're growing up
G7G7                C majorC
 It's good to know you're growing u–u-up


Middle 8:
| FF | Bb majorBb | FF | Bb majorBb |

FF  Bb majorBb   FF      Bb majorBb        FF  Bb majorBb
Hey-ey now little one ... you're growing up
FF  Bb majorBb   FF      Bb majorBb        | FF | % |
Hey-ey now little one ... you're growing up
A augmentedA
 To be a man
A augmentedA
 To be a woman
A augmentedA
 To understand
A augmentedA
 Takes a lot of growing
FF    | G+G | % | C majorC :
Gro-wing up    (break)


Verse: + coda
C majorC                   Fmaj7Fmaj7
 You'll live to learn, you'll learn to live
C majorC                 Fmaj7Fmaj7
 You'll give to love your love to give
C majorC                  Fmaj7Fmaj7
 And when you're wise enough you'll know
    F/GF/G G6G6 | C majorC | % | % | C majorC
You're gro-wing up