Ramones - I Don't Want to Grow Up: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "I Don't Want to Grow Up" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn I Don't Want to Grow Up ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "I Don't Want to Grow Up" smoothly on your ukulele.

D
While I'm lying in my bed at night,
A                  D
I don't wanna grow up
Nothing ever seems to turn out right,
I don't wanna grow up

Bm                   F#m
How do you move in a world of fog that's
G                 A
always changing things
Makes me wish that I could be a dog

When I see that price that you pay,
I don't want to grow up
I don't ever wanna be that way,
I don't wanna grow up

Seems that folks turn into things they
never want to be
The only thing to live for is today

I'm gonna put a hole in my tv set,
I don't wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest and
I don't wanna grow up

Chorus:
Bm                       F#m
I don't want to have to shout it out
I don't want my hair to fall out
I don't want to be filled with doubt
I don't want to be a good boy scout
I don't want to have to learn to count
I don't want to have the biggest amount
   G        A           D
No I don't want to grow up

Well, when I see my parents fight
I don't want to grow up
They all go out and drinking all night
And I don't want to grow up

I'd rather stay here in my room
Nothing out there but sad and gloom
I don't want to live in a big old tomb
on Grand Street

When I see the 5 o'clock news
I don't want to grow up
Comb their hair and shine their shoes
I don't wanna grow up

Chorus:
Stay around in my old hometown
I don't want to put no money down
I don't want to get a big old loan
Work them fingers to the bone
I don't want to float on a broom
Fall in love, get married then boom
How the hell did it get here so soon
No, I don't want to grow up

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

D

Ukulele chord D

F#m

Ukulele chord F#m

G

Ukulele chord G

Bm

Ukulele chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "I Don't Want to Grow Up" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "I Don't Want to Grow Up" by Ramones.

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