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Boys call you sex y, and you don’t care what they say.
You see, ev ’ry time you turn a round, they’re scream ing your name.
Boys call you sex y, and you don’t care what they say.
You see, ev ’ry time you turn a round, they’re scream ing your name.
Boys call you scream ing your name.
They used Now, I’ve got a con fes sion: (Ha ha ha ha.) when I was young, I want ed at ten tion.
(Ha ha ha ha.) And I prom ised my self that to I’d do an y thing, (Ha ha ha ha.) an y thing at all for them to no tice me.
far.
(Ha ha ha ha.) But I ain’t com plain ing; we all wan na be fa mous, so go a head and say what you wan na say.
You know what it’s like to be name less, want them to know what your name is.
’Cause see, when I was young er, I would say, “When I grow up, I wan na be fa mous, I wan na be a star, I wan na be in mov ies.
(When I grow up,) I wan na see the world, drive nice cars, I wan na have boob ies.
(When I grow up,) be on T V, peo ple know me, be on mag a zines.
(When I grow up,) fresh and clean, num ber one chick when I step out on the scene.” (But be care ful what you wish for, ’cause you just might get it, y you just might get it, y you just might get it.
But be (Em)care ful what you (D)wish for, ’cause you (A)just might (Am)get it, y you (Em)just (CN.C.)might get it, y you just might get it.
Get it!) They used to tell me I was sil ly, (Ha ha ha ha.) un til I popped up on ed the T V.
(La la la la.) I I al ised ways want ed to be a su per star, (Ha ha ha ha.) and y knew that sing ing songs would get me this far.
(La la la la.) But I ain’t com plain ing; we all wan na be fa mous, so go a head and say what you wan na say.
You know what it’s like to be name less, want them to know what your name is.
’Cause see, when I was young er, I would say, “When I grow up, I wan na be fa mous, I wan na be a star, I wan na be in mov ies.
(When I grow up,) I wan na see the world, drive nice cars, I wan na have boob ies.
(When I grow up,) be on T V, peo ple know me, be on mag a zines.
(When I grow up,) fresh and clean, num ber one chick when I step out on the scene.” (But be care ful what you wish for, ’cause you just might get it, y you just might get it, y you just might get it.
But be (Em)care ful what you (D)wish for, ’cause you (A)just might (Am)get it, y you (Em)just (CN.C.)might get it, y you just might get it.
Get it!) just might get it.
I Get see it!) you (Cmaj7)star ing at me; ooh, I’m a (D)trend set ter.
Yes, this is (Em)true, ’cause what I do, no one can (D)do it bet ter.
You can (Cmaj7)talk a bout me, ’cause I’m a (D)hot top ic.
I see you (B7)watch ing me, watch ing me, and I know you want it.
(CN.C.)When I grow up, I wan na be fa mous, I wan na be a star, I wan na be in mov ies.
(When I grow up,) I wan na see the world, drive nice cars, I wan na have boob ies.
(When I grow up,) be on T V, peo ple know me, be on mag a zines.
(When I grow up,) fresh and clean, num ber one chick when I step out on the scene.
(But be care ful what you wish for, ’cause you just might get it, y you just might get it, y you just might get it.
But be (Em)care ful what you (D)wish for, ’cause you (A)just might (Am)get it, y you (Em)just (CN.C.)might get it, y you just might get When I grow up, I wan na be fa mous, I wan na be a star, I wan na be in mov ies.
(When I grow up,) I wan na see the world, drive nice cars, I wan na have boob ies.
(When I grow up,) be on T V, peo ple know me, be on mag a zines.
(When I grow up,) fresh and clean, num ber one chick when I step out on the scene.
(But be care ful what you wish for, ’cause you just might get it, y you just might get it, y you just might get it.
But be (Em)care ful what you (D)wish for, ’cause you (A)just might (Am)get it, y you (Em)just (CN.C.)might get it, y you just might get it.) I grow just might get it.
Get it!)
This page shows “When I Grow Up” by Pussycat Dolls in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of E at 119 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.