Boy Like Me/Man Like You chords by Rich Mullins
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
(G major) You was a baby like I was once
You was cryin' in the early mornin'
You was born in a stable Lord
Reid Memorial is where I
Verse 2
was born
(D major) They wrapped you in swaddling (G major) clothes
Verse 3
Me they dressed in baby blue
(G major)
Well, I was twelve years old
in the meeting house
Listening to the old men pray
Well, I was tryin' hard to figure out
What it was that they was
Verse 4
tryin' to say
(D major) There you were in the temple
They said, "You weren't old enough
to know the things you knew"
(G major)
Verse 5
Well did you (C major) grow up hungry?
Did you grow up fast?
Did the little girls giggle
when you walked past?
Did you (G major) wonder what it was
that made them laugh?
(D major) And did they
Verse 6
(A minor) tell you stories
'bout the saints of old
Stories about their faith
They say stor (D major) ies like that
make a boy grow (A minor) bold
(D major) Stories like that make a man
walk (G major) straight
Verse 7
And you was a boy like I was once
but was you a boy like me
Well I grew up around Indiana
You grew up around Galilee and
(D major) if I ever really do grow up
(G major) Lord, I (A minor) wanna grow (D major) up
and be (G major) just like you
Verse 8
(G major)
Well did you (C major) wrestle with a dog
And lick his nose?
Did you play beneath the spray
of a water hose?
Did you (G major) ever make angels
in the winter snow?
Verse 9
And did they (A minor) tell you stories
'bout the saints of old
Stories about their faith
They say stor (D major) ies like that
make a boy grow bold
Stories like that make a man
walk (G major) straight
Interlude 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 10
Did you (C major) ever get scared
Playing hide and seek?
Did you try not to cry when you
scraped your knee?
Did you (G major) ever skip a rock
across a quiet creek?
Verse 11
And did they (A minor) tell you stories
'bout the saints of old
Stories about their faith
They say (D major) stories like that
make a boy grow (A minor) bold
(D major) Stories like that make a man walk straight
Interlude 2
(G major)
Verse 12
(D major) And I really may just grow up
And be like you (G major) someday
Boy Like Me/Man Like You
Rich Mullins
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