Growing Up Chords
by Roy Orbison
Growing Up by Roy Orbison is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords Em, Am, Cmaj7, Fmaj7, G, F, D7, G7, G7sus4, C, F/G, Dm, Bb, A and G6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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
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.
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