(intro 2x) A  C#m  F#m7  E

(intro piano)

E|-0---------4--------------0---------0---|-0---------4----------------------------|
B|-2--2------5---5-----2---------0--------|-2--2------5---5-----2---------0--------|
G|-2---------6---------2---------1--------|-2---------6---------2---------1--------|
D|-2---------6---------4---------2--------|-2---------6---------4---------2--------|
A|-0---------4---------4---------2--------|-0---------4---------4---------2--------|
E|---------------------2---------0--------|---------------------2---------0--------|

(verso 1)
          A
Once in a while
             C#m
I act like a child
               F#m       A
To feel like a kid again
 D
It gets like a prison in
    F#m               E A/E E
The body I'm living in
                A
Cause everyones watching
               C#m
Quick to start talking
              F#m       A
I'm losing my innocence
 D
Wish I were a little girl
  F#m7                       E A/E E
Without the weight of the world

(refrão)
            A
It would be nice
         C#m    F#m
To start over again
  D            A
Before we were men
     E        F#m
I'd give  I'd bend
     E
Lets play pretend

(interlúdio) A  C#m  F#m  E

(piano)

      A        C#m       F#m       E
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------1------------------------|
D|----------2-----2----------------------|
A|-0--0-2-4---------4--------------------|
E|--------------------2---2-4-5-0---0-2-4|

(verso 2)
             A
Remember the time
                C#m
We had soda for wine
              F#m       A
And got by on gratitude
 D
The worst they could do to you
F#m                   E A/E E
Was check your attitude
                           A
Yeah  when fights were for fun
                C#m
We had water in guns
                     F#m          A
And a place we could call our own
D
How we lost hold of home
F#m7                    E A/E E
I guess I'll never know

(refrão)
            A
It would be nice
         C#m    F#m
To start over again
  D            A
Before we were men
     E        F#m
I'd give  I'd bend
     E        A
Lets play pretend
    C#m          F#m
And when its the end
    D               A
Our lives will make sense
      E           F#m
We'll love  we'll bend
     E
Lets play pretend

(interlúdio 2x) A  C#m  F#m  E

      A        C#m       F#m       E
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------1------------------------|     (2x)
D|----------2-----2----------------------|
A|-0--0-2-4---------4--------------------|
E|--------------------2---2-4-5-0---0-2-4|

(ponte)
                 A
Its not gonna be long
                 C#m
Before we're all gone
                F#m
With nothing to show for them
D
Stop taking lives  come on
A                   E  E/A  E   A
Let's all grow up again

(refrão)