Growing Up Gary Valenciano Intro: G-D/F#-Em-Bm7-C-Bm7-Em-Am-D7- G C Here's to the old times and the best of new ones G Em Here's to a song of glee Bm Em Am-D7 Finding our way from illusions to realities G C Hoping to wake up from this madness G Em Hoping to see you smile Bm Em Am-D7 Pushing our way to the limit of yours and mine Chorus C Bm7 I'm growing up, getting down C Bm7 Putting my both feet on the ground Am C With all my friends behind me Am C D7 How can I go wrong this time C Bm7 I'm growing up, getting down C Bm7 Think of reality came around Am C Not just waiting for the daybreak Am C D7 Expecting the sun to shine D7 (G) It doesn't shine all the time Interlude: G-D/F#-Em-Bm7-C-Bm7-Em-Am-D7- G C Falling in love, falling apart G Em You think its the end of the line Bm7 Em Am-D7 Holding hand while crying, then you'll feel just fine G C If you're thinking that you're the only one G Em Well, take a look around and you'll find Bm7 Em I'll be there where you are Am-D7 Then and now, I say (Repeat Chorus) Interlude: G-D/F#-Em-Bm7-C-Bm7-Em-Am-D7- (Repeat Verse 1) (Repeat Chorus) Coda: G-D/F#-Em-Bm7-C-Bm7- G-D/F#-Em-Bm7-C-D-G
About the artist behind Growing Up:
Born in the suburb of Santa Mesa in Manila on August 6, 1964, he is the sixth of Vicente Valenciano and Grimilda Santiago Ortiz’s seven children. Santiago Ortiz is a Puerto Rican woman of Italian descent who became a popular opera singer in Manila during the 1960s, and her love for music passed down to her son, Gary. He took his primary and secondary studies in La Salle Greenhills. It was during his high school days, while on a brief stint with the musical group Kundirana, that he devoted himself to music.
He first appeared as a solo in a television show called The Pilita and Jackie Show in 1982, but he was finally noticed after his performances in the TV shows Germspesyal and Penthouse Live. He had his first solo concert, in April 1984, inside the jam-packed Araneta Coliseum. That would be followed by 21 albums, three of them released internationally, including a Christian inspired album called Out of the Dark.
He is married to Maria Anna Elizabeth "Angeli" Evangelista Pangilinan, with whom he has three children: Juan Paolo Martin (a vocalist of the band Salamin), Jose Angelo Gabriel (a dancer), and Kristina Maria Mikaela.
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