Eighteen

5 Seconds of Summer

PopMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
                
 
hide this tab Intro:  
 1 GUITAR: A G D  
 2 GUITAR:  
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A           G     D  
I wish that I was eighteen,  
A  
To do all the things,  
G             D  
You read in a magazine,  
A              G            D  
I?m not saying I want to be Charlie Sheen.  
 
C  D  
 
A          G            D  
She?s just a little bit older,  
A      G         D  
I want to get to know her,  
A            G             D  
she said she's already over 
 
C  D  
 
E                          G  
So tell me what else can I do?  
            A  
I bought my fake ID for you.  
 
 
D                       A  
She told me to meet her there,  
                            Em  
I can?t afford the bus fare,  
 
I?m not old enough for her,  
G                 A  
I'm waiting 'til I'm eighteen 
 
D                          A  
She?s got me waiting in a queue,  
                         Em  
For a bar I can?t get in to,  
 
I?m not old enough for you,  
G                 A  
I?m just waiting ?till I?m eighteen.  
 
(Intro again)  
 
A           G             D  
I think she wants to get with me,  
A           G             D  
But she?s got a job in the city,  
A           G             D  
Says that she?s always too busy.  
 
C   D  
 
A          G       D  
She?s got a naughty tattoo 
A          G       D  
In a place that I want to get in to,  
A          G               D  
But my mom still drives me to school.  
 
C  D  
 
E                          G  
So tell me what else can I do?  
            A  
I bought my fake ID for you.  
 
 
D                       A  
She told me to meet her there,  
                            Em  
But I can?t afford the bus fare,  
 
I?m not old enough for her,  
G                 A  
I'm waiting 'til I'm eighteen  
 
D                          A  
She?s got me waiting in a queue,  
                         Em  
For a bar I can?t get in to,  
 
I?m not old enough for you,  
G                 A  
I?m just waiting ?till I?m eighteen.  
 
 
A G C D  
        In my bedroom thinking of ya, 
A G C D  
        Her pictures in my private folder,  
A G C D  
        I know one day that I will hold her, 
A G C D  
        I?ll make my move when I get older.  
 
A G C D (4x)  
 
 A  
Hey x16  
 
 1 GUITAR A A A A  
 2 GUITAR  
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D                       A  
She told me to meet her there,  
                            Em  
But I can?t afford the bus fare,  
 
I?m not old enough for her,  
G                 A  
I'm just waiting 'til I'm eighteen.  
 
D                          A  
She?s got me waiting in a queue,  
                         Em  
For a bar I can?t get in to,  
 
I?m not old enough for you,  
G                 A  
I?m just waiting ?till I?m eighteen.  
G                 A  
I?m so sick of waiting 'til I'm 
D  
eighteen.

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Chord set

A · G · D · C · E · Em

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.