Boy Like Me/Man Like You chords by
Rich Mullins

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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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

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They wrapped you in swaddling clothes

Verse 3
Me they dressed in baby blue
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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
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There you were in the temple
They said, "You weren't old enough
to know the things you knew"
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Verse 5
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Well did you grow up hungry?
Did you grow up fast?
Did the little girls giggle
when you walked past?
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Did you wonder what it was
that made them laugh?
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And did they

Verse 6
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tell you stories
'bout the saints of old
Stories about their faith
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They say stories like that
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make a boy grow bold
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Stories like that make a man
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walk 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
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if I ever really do grow up
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Am Am 
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Lord, I wanna grow up
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and be just like you

Verse 8
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Well did you wrestle with a dog
And lick his nose?
Did you play beneath the spray
of a water hose?
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Did you ever make angels
in the winter snow?

Verse 9
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And did they tell you stories
'bout the saints of old
Stories about their faith
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They say stories like that
make a boy grow bold
Stories like that make a man
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walk straight

Interlude 1

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Verse 10
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Did you ever get scared
Playing hide and seek?
Did you try not to cry when you
scraped your knee?
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Did you ever skip a rock
across a quiet creek?

Verse 11
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And did they tell you stories
'bout the saints of old
Stories about their faith
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They say stories like that
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make a boy grow bold
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Stories like that make a man walk straight

Interlude 2

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Verse 12

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And I really may just grow up

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And be like you someday

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