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Intro:
B
Verse 1:
B F#m
What d'you wanna be when you grow up?
B#m
Oh the empty cry for certainty
Gm
They want to know what you want to be
F#m Gm B
But why have I got to be something?
Fm B
Oh aren't we all dumplings?
Verse 2:
B
Take a minute
Wallow in it
F#m
Float around
B#m
Give it all a second glance or three
Gm
Today is its own entity
F#m Gm B
And you are its beautiful painter
F#m B
And you still will be later
Chorus:
B F#m Gm F#m
So worry not there are galaxies you have not heard of
B Gm
There are eyes you have not seen shine
F#m C Gm
And there are so many people waiting to love you
F#m B Fm Gm
It just takes time
Interlude:
F#m B F#m Gm
Verse 3:
B F#m
What you'd wanna be when you grow up?
B#m
Maybe Eighty and still pondering
Gm
The merits of this questioning
F#m Gm B
And how there are zero good answers
F#m B
For all the mess before us
Chorus:
B Fm Gm F#m
So worry not there are galaxies you have not heard of
B Gm
There are eyes you have not seen shine
F#m C Gm
And there are so many people waiting to love you
F#m B Fm Gm
It just takes time
Interlude:
F#m B F#m Gm
Verse 4:
B F#m
5 year plans, the dead exams, the worry born
B#m
Oh the bucket list will tick you off
Gm
They say now is not soon enough
F#m Gm B
Oh how they have got you running so fast
F#m B
You can't see what you fly past
Verse 5:
B F#m
What d'you wanna be when you grow up?
B#m
Life is far too short to ever know
Gm
And long enough to let it blow
F#m Gm B
Away on the wind to wherever
F#m B
Let's watch it Go together
Chorus:
B F#m Gm F#m
So worry not there are galaxies you have not heard of
B Gm
There are eyes you have not seen shine
F#m C Gm
And there are so many people waiting to love you
F#m B F#m Gm
It just takes time
Outro:
F#m B F#m Gm
It just takes time
F#m B F#m Gm
It just takes time
F#m B F#m Gm
It just takes time
Song History
Published: November 18, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025