Growing Up chords by Roy Orbison

Tuning: Standard

Roy Orbison
Growing Up
(Orbison/Dees)

From: "The Classic Roy Orbison" (1966)

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CHORDS

     E-A-D-G-B-e
Em    x-x-2-0-0-0 (= Cmaj7 but no root)
Am    x-x-2-2-1-0 (= Fmaj7 but no root)
Cmaj7   x-3-2-0-0-0
Fmaj7   1-x-2-2-1-0 or (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
G7    3-x-0-0-0-1
G7sus4  3-x-0-0-1-1
G7*    3-x-0-0-3-1
F/G    3-x-3-2-1-1
G6    3-x-0-0-0-0

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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


Chorus:
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.


Chorus: (key change)
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