Growing Up chords by Roy Orbison

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
Em        x-x-2-0-0-0 (= Cmaj7 but no root)
Am        x-x-2-2-1-0 (= Fmaj7 but no root)
Cmaj7     x-3-2-0-0-0
Fmaj7     1-x-2-2-1-0  or (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
G7        3-x-0-0-0-1
G7sus4    3-x-0-0-1-1
G7*       3-x-0-0-3-1
F/G       3-x-3-2-1-1
G6        3-x-0-0-0-0

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Intro:
| Em | % | Am | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | Fmaj7 | % |


Verse:
Cmaj7                            Fmaj7
 Your life begins when teardrops start
Cmaj7                   Fmaj7
 A broken toy, a broken heart
Cmaj7                           Fmaj7
 All of these things are just a part
G  Cmaj7
Of growing up


Verse:
Cmaj7                        Fmaj7
 From kiddie cars to walking shoes
Cmaj7                    Fmaj7
 From lullabys to lonely blues
Cmaj7                        Fmaj7
 Somehow you never quite get used
G           Cmaj7
 To growing up


Chorus:
Am
 Yeah yeah you're growing up
F
 Yeah yeah you're growing up
D7                                G7 G7sus4 | G7 * | G7 * |   C :
 It's good to know you're growing u –u       -up            (break)


Verse:
C                             Fmaj7
 The wheel of fortune takes a spin
Cmaj7                              Fmaj7
 Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win
Cmaj7                        Fmaj7
 But you must play the game again
F/G           G7
Drink another cup
       C
You're growing up.


Chorus: (key change)
Dm
 Yeah yeah you're growing up
Bb
 Yeah yeah you're growing up
G7                                C
 It's good to know you're growing u–u-up


Middle 8:
| F | Bb | F | Bb |

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


Verse: + coda
C                                      Fmaj7
 You'll live to learn, you'll learn to live
C                                 Fmaj7
 You'll give to love your love to give
C                                   Fmaj7
 And when you're wise enough you'll know
       F/G G6  | C | % | % | C
You're gro-wing up