Verse 
E 
Don't let the kids win 
Just let them lose 
                        A 
They're not gonna learn anything 
                      F#m             B7 
If that's the way you choose to play 

E 
Don't let the kids win 
Just let them fall 
                    A 
You don't want them growing up thinking 
F#m                                 B7 
Three year olds are good at playing basketball 

               E 
Don't let your grandmother die 
While you're away 
                A 
A cheap trip to Thailand's not gonna make up 
F#m                  B7 
For never getting to say goodbye 

                   E 
And don't let your brother 
Stop thinking you're cool 
                  A 
I know he's got a girlfriend now and he's taller 
F#m                                      B7 
But that don't mean he's stopped looking up to you 


[Refrão]
E 
I've got a feeling 
That this won't ever change 
            A 
We're gonna keep on getting older 
           F#m             B7            E 
It's gonna keep on feeling strange 

Verse 
E 
Don't let your friends turn cold 
While you burn to green 
          A 
When they walk off the stage embrace them 
                   F#m              B7 
And say that's the best shit I've ever seen 

                   E 
And don't let your sister 
Walk down the aisle 
        A 
Without pulling her close saying I love you and it's okay 
     F#m       B7 
If I don't see you for a while 


[Refrão]
E 
I've got a feeling 
That this won't ever change 
            A 
We're gonna keep on getting older 
           F#m             B7            E 
It's gonna keep on feeling strange 

Verse 
              E 
Don't let the time go by 
Without sitting your mother down 
                 A 
And asking what, life was like for her before you came 
To be around and tell her it's okay 
                    F#m 
If she puts herself first 
                                         B7 
Us kids will be alright if we're not the centre of her universe 


[Refrão]
E 
I've got a feeling 
That this won't ever change 
            A 
We're gonna keep on getting older 
           F#m             B7            
It's gonna keep on feeling strange and 
        E 
After a late one, I don't know anything 
           A 
Except the more I keep on talking 
         F#m                               B7(#5)      E 
The less breath I got left to sing