Little Big Girl chords by Anais Mitchell

🎸 Intro:

E A E A



🎸 Verse 1:
E                    A
 No one ever told you it would be like this
E                     A
 That you keep on getting older, but you feel just like a kid
E
 Now they treat you like a lady
A               E
 Sometimes all you want is to cry like a baby
     A
In your mama's arms

🎸 Chorus:
          F# A
Hold on, little big girl
   E A E A
Hold on
🎸 Verse 2:
E                A
 See her in the mirror in your make-up case
E                 A
 Who's that little girl with the lines on her face
E              A
 Painting on the eyes of a grown woman
     E       A
And the smile of a child trying to please someone
E                  A
 You look like your mama when you smile that way
E                A
 Standing in the kitchen at the end of a working day
E          A
 Children on her mind, wine on her breath
E               A
 Finishing the dishes in the darkness

🎸 Chorus:
          F# A
Hold on, little big girl
          F# A
Hold on, little big girl
          F# A
Hold on, little big girl
   F#
Hold on

🎸 Bridge:
A
Hold on a minute, mom
Tell me why
F#           A
 How come I feel so small sometimes?
F#              A
I thought by now I'd have it all figured out
    F#
Well I don't
          A
How come you never told me?

🎸 Verse 3:
E
 You grow up by mistake
A
 Grow up by surprise
E                A
 Grow up underneath the gaze of many grown men's eyes
E                 A
 Try to act your age now, but you don't know how it's done
E                 A
All grown up and somehow still afraid to disappoint someone
E                 A
 Let him have his way instead of saying what you want
   E
Hold on
                F#m
Tell him it's okay instead of telling him what's wrong
   E
Hold on
                   A
How come you're ashamed to show your face without your make-up on?
E                    A
 Maybe you should face that you're ashamed to not be young

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
E
Standing in the kitchen
A
 With a ticking clock
     E
And you catch your own reflection
    A
In the window in the dark
      E
And for a moment, it's your mama
A
 Coming home from work
E
 Tell her you love her
A
T ell her you're her

🎸 Chorus:
    F#   A
Little big girl, hold on
    F#   A
Little big girl, hold on
    F#   A    E A E A
Little big girl, hold on
   E A E
Hold on