Twenty-three chords by Anthonie Tonnon

G                               D
  I say Bowie was wrong twenty-five is just fine
Bm                        A
  But twenty-three is the hardest age to be

D               Bm
  I'm no longer invincible
            G
but I'm not old enough to be wise
       A
I have bags under my eyes and RSI
D                            Bm
  I still party like there's no tomorrow
     G
Even though the thrill is through
      A
But tomorrow I have a job interview

Bm                  G
Twenty-three is the hardest age to be
        Bm                               A
You can give me twenty-four anytime you like

D                               Bm
  At twenty-five my pre-frontal cortex will be fully developed
      G
Right now it's not quite
           A
But that's not an excuse to sleep all day and stay up half the night, and
D                           Bm
 I've learned nothing about savings and even less about love
            G
And I wanna take you out tonight
       A
But I owe 40 grand to the government, and

Bm                  G
Twenty-three is the hardest age to be
          Bm                                       A
I'll take forty-six and accomplished any day, any day, any da-ay

        Bm                              G
All the thirty year olds I know, know exactly who they are
             Bm
They have careers to define them
    A
And money for cashew nuts and good wine
     Bm                      G
When I was twenty-one I only knew that I was drunk
        Bm                      A
And the student of some university - once that was enough for me
    G                                      A
But now I'd like to be twenty-nine if you please, because

Bm                   G
Twenty-three is the hardest age to be

D                                     Bm
  Bring on my birthday, bring on that sweet sweet birthday cake
             G
Send me some money from grandma
        A
Get me out of this terrible age please
D                                       Bm
  Bring on my birthday we'll go out for BYO Japanese
        G
With my money from grandma
        A
Oh this purgatory is killing me

D                   Bm
Twenty-three is the hardest
G                   A
Twenty-three is the hardest age to be now
D                   Bm
Twenty-three is the ha-arde-est
G                   A                                           D
Twenty-three is the hardest age, it's the hardest age, Mr. Bowie