| G | D | |
| Take a | walk | downtown |
| Am | C | G | D | Am | C | |
| see the | monkeys goin' | round |
| G | D | |
| full of | pride and | greed |
| Am | C | G | D | Am | C | |
| they try to | tell me what's | going | down |
| G | D | Am | C | G | D | Am | C | |
| was it | you who | held your | dreams deep | in your | soul |
| G | D | Am | C | G | D | Am | C | |
| well | I've got | mine, | I'll be the | one to rock 'n | roll |
| Chorus: |
| G | D | Am | |
| How many times have you | lied outsid | e |
| C | G | |
| to make | yourself feel | fine |
| G | D | Am | |
| How many times have your | cried insid | e |
| C (acapela) |
| I'll tell you, I'm not growing old |
| 2 measures Instrumental G D Am C |
| Verse: |
| Frozen cold from sleep |
| what once was there has sunken deep |
| and the smile outside covers lies like the ocean tide |
| planting seeds that bloom all year and blossom wide |
| yields flowers so colorful they can't be held down inside |
| Chorus |
| 4 measures Instrumental - piano only (then drum lead in) |
| 2 measures everyone |
| Chorus |
| Am | C | G | D | |
| I'm not | growing old |
| Am | C | G | D | |
| I'm not | growing old |
| Am | C | G | D | |
| I'm not | growing old |
| G | D | Am | C | |
| I'm not, | I'm not, | I'm not | growing old |
| I'm not, I'm not, I'm not growing old |
| G | D | Am | C | |
| I'm not, | I'm not, | I'm not. | .. |
| G | D | Am | C | G | |
| I'm | not | growi | ng | old |