Olivia Rodrigo ~ "teenage dream" (2023)
BPM: 138
Key: C Major
Time Sig: 4/4
Intro
[G6] [Am7] [F]
[G6] [Am7] [F]
Verse 1
[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?
Chorus
[Em] [E] [F] [C]
I'll 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
Verse 2
[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 bluffs?
[C] [Am7]
When are all my excuses of learning my lessons
[F]
Gonna start to feel sad?
[C] [Am7] [F6] [Fmaj7] [F6]
Will I spend all the rest of my years wishin' I could go back?
Chorus
[Em7] [E7] [F] [C]
I'll blow out the candles, 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/C]
And I'm sorry that I couldn't always be your teenage dream
Bridge
[C] [Em] [F/C] [Fm]
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
[C] [Em] [F/C] [Fm]
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't?
[C] [Em] [F/C] [Fm]
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
[C] [Em] [F/C] [Fm]
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't?
[C] [Em] [F/C] [Fm]
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
[C] [Em] [F/C] [Fm]
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't?
[C] [Em] [F/C] [Fm]
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
[C] [Em] [F/C] [Fm]
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I don't?
Outro
[C] [C/B] [Am] [Ab]
[C] [C/B] [Am] [Ab]
