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Em
Put your pictures in the scrapbook
Keep your posters on the wall
Save your pennies in your pocket
'Cause the pressure's on us all
C D Em
Oh, oh, it's just begun
Em
Keep your friends by your shoulder
Save your lovers in your heart
Put your enemies behind your back
That's where they always are
C D Em
Oh, oh, it's just begun
F G Em
Now I'm 18 seeing something I've never seen
F G Em
When I was 16, thought I knew it all
F G Em
Now I'm 18 walking through the fire and it fuels me
F G Em
I've 18 candles left to burn
Em
Draw an outline in the sketch book
Erase all your regrets
You go behind the bike shed
To smoke a cigarette
C D Em
Oh, oh, it's just begun
Em
Emotions like a pick 'n' mix
Don't know what you're gonna get
You're crying to the mirror now
It's all just in your head
C D Em
Oh, oh, it's just begun
F G Em
Now I'm 18 seeing something I've never seen
F G Em
When I was 16, thought I knew it all
F G Em
Now I'm 18 walking through the fire and it fuels me
F G Em
I've 18 candles left to burn
Em
13 candles, watch them burn
14 candles, soon you'll learn
15 candles, watch them burn
16 candles, soon you'll learn
17 candles, watch them burn
18 candles, it's my turn
F G Em
Now I'm 18 seeing something I've never seen
F G Em
When I was 16, thought I knew it all
F G Em
Now I'm 18 walking through the fire and it fuels me
F G Em
I've 18 candles left to burn
F G Em
Now I'm 18 seeing something I've never seen
F G Em
When I was 16, thought I knew it all
F G Em
Now I'm 18 walking through the fire and it fuels me
F G Em
I've 18 candles left to burn
F G Em
I've 18 candles left to burn
F G Em
I've 18 candles left to burn
Written by Jake Gosling/Chris Leonard/Nina Nesbitt