Growing Pains

	  		A                       C#m                 E 
Make my way through the motions, I try to ignore it 
                    B 
But home's looking farther the closer I get 
A                C#m 
Don't know why I can't see the end 
       E         B 
Is it over yet? hmm 
A                                    C#m 
A short leash and a short fuse don't match 
                           E                       B 
They tell me it ain't that bad, now don't you overreact 
                  A 
So I just hold my breath, don't know why 
        C#m                               E   B 
I can't see the sun when young should be fun 

Pre-Chorus
                A 
And I guess the bad can get better 
         C#m 
Gotta be wrong before it's right 

E                   B 
Every happy phrase engraved in my mind 

                A 
And I've always been a go-getter 
                 C#m 
There's truth in every word I write 
    E                                B 
But still the growing pains, growing pains 
                         C#m 
They're keeping me up at night 


A                     
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah 
C#m 
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah 

      E                         B                          C#m 
And I can't hide 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night 

A 
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah 
C#m 
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah 

      E                   B                                C#m 
And I can't hide 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night 

A                   C#m                          E 
Try to mend what's left of my content incomprehension 
                 B                       C#m                          
As I take on the stress of the mess that I've made 
A                    C#m                           E      B    
Don't know if I even care for "grown" if it's just alone, yeah 


Pre-Chorus
      C#m       A 
And I guess the bad can get better 
         C#m 
Gotta be wrong before it's right 
E                   B 
Every happy phrase engraved in my mind 
     C#m    A 
I've always been a go-getter 
                 C#m 
There's truth in every word I write 
    E                        B              
But still the growing pains, growing pains  
                         C#m 
They're keeping me up at night 



A 
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah 
C#m 
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah 
      E                         B                          C#m 
And I can't hide 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night 
A 
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah 
C#m 
Hey, hey, hey, yeah, hey, yeah 
      E                         B 
And I can't hide 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night 


Bridge:
  
A                                  C#m 
Starting to look like Ms. Know-it-all 

Can't take her own advice 
           E 
Can't find pieces of my peace of mind 
     B 
I cry more than I'd like to admit 
       C#m      A 
But I can't lie to myself, to anyone 
       C#m 
'Cause phoning it in isn't any fun 
          E                               B 
Can't run back to my youth the way I want to 
                        C#m          A 
The days my brother was quicker to fool 
                      C#m 
AM radio, not much to do 
                              E 
Used monsters as an excuse to lie awake 
                                     B 
Now the monsters are the ones that I have to face 
                                  A  C#m  E  B 
No band-aids for the growing pains 

No band-aids for the growing pains