C                 Am7                    
When am I  gonna stop being    wise beyond my years
               F           
And just start  being wise?
     C           Am7             F             F6         Fmaj7     
When  am I gonna    stop being a  pretty young   thing to      guys?
          C                 Am7                
When am I  gonna stop being    great for my age
               F           
And just start  being good?
          C              Am7        F           F6               Fmaj7
When will  it stop being    cool to  be quietly   misunderstood?      
         Em    E    F         C                    
I'l blow   out  the  candles,  happy birthday to me
         Em      Eaug     E      F               C             
Got your   whole     life  ahead  of you, you're  only nineteen
           Dm                     Fm                    
But I fear   they already got all   the best parts of me
        Dm            Fm6                        Fm             
And I'm   sorry that I   couldn't always be your   teenage dream
          C                    Am7                       
When does  wide-eyed affection    and all good intentions
                F       
Start to not be  enough?
     C              Am7                          F              
When  will everyone    have every reason to call  all my blufts?
         C                  Am7                  
When are  all my excuses of    leaming my lessons
               F         
Gonna start to  feel sad?
             C             Am7                      F6              
Will I spend  all the rest    of my years wishin' I   could go back?
          Em7        E7         F               C     
I'll blow    out the   candies,  happy birthday  to me
         Em7      E           F                    C        
Got your    whole  life ahead  of you, you're only  nineteen
           Dm                     Fm                    
But I fear   they already got all   the best parts of me
        Dm                     Fm6               Fm             
And I'm   sorry that I couldn't   always be your   teenage dream
     C             Em                   F                Fm             
They  all say that   it gets better, it  gets better the   more you grow
           C             Em                                    F          Fm       
Yeah, they  all say that   it gets better, it gets better, but  what if I   don't??
         C         Em               F                     Fm    
They all  say that   it gets better  , it gets better the   more
      C             Em             F                           
Yeah,  they all say   that it gets  better, it gets better, but
          Fm      
what if I   don't?
     C             Em                   F            Fm                 
They  all say that   it gets better, it  gets better   the more you grow
      C             Em             F                           
Yeah,  they all say   that it gets  better, it gets better, but
          Fm      
what if I   don't?
     C             Em                   F            Fm                 
They  all say that   it gets better, it  gets better   the more you grow
      C             Em             F                           
Yeah,  they all say   that it gets  better, it gets better, but
          Fm      
what if I   don't?
     C             Em                   F            Fm                 
They  all say that   it gets better, it  gets better   the more you grow