When I Grow Up (To Be a Man) chords by The Beach Boys

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Verse 1
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C 
G 
C 
G 
 (F major) When I grow up to  (C major) be  (G major)  (C major) a   (G major) man
Will I dig the same things that
D 
G 
 (D major) turn me on as a kid?  (G major) 
D 
Will I look back and say that I  (D major) wish
G 
I hadn't done what I did?  (G major) 
Am 
D 
Will I joke  (A minor) around  (D major) and still
Bm 
Em 
G 
Em 
dig those  (B minor) sounds  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor) 
F 
C 
G 
C 
G 
C 
When  (F major) I  grow up to  (C major) be  (G major)  (C major) a   (G major) man?  (C major) 

Verse 2
G 
D 
Will I look  (G major) for the same things in a  (D major) woman
G 
that I dig in a girl?  (G major) 
(Fourteen, fifteen)
D 
Will I settle down fast or will I  (D major) first wanna
G 
travel the world?  (G major) 
(Sixteen, seventeen)
Am 
D 
When I'm young  (A minor) and free,  (D major) 
Bm 
Em 
but how will it  (B minor) be?  (E minor) 
F 
C 
G 
Am 
When  (F major) I  grow up to  (C major) be  (G major)  (A minor) a man?
A 
 (A major) 

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Interlude 1

Verse 3
G 
D 
Will my kids  (G major) be proud or think their  (D major) old man is
G 
really a square?  (G major) 
(Eighteen, nineteen)
When they're out having fun, yeah,
D 
G 
will  (D major) I  still wanna have my share?  (G major) 
(Twenty, twenty- one)
Am 
D 
Will I love my  (A minor) wife  (D major) for
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) the rest of my  (E minor) life?
F 
C 
G 
Am 
When  (F major) I  grow up to  (C major) be  (G major)  (A minor) a   man?

Verse 4

What will I be when I grow

up to be a man?

Verse 5
Ab 
 (A flat major) 
Bbm 
Won't last forever  (B flat minor) 
Dbm 
Ab 
It's  (D flat minor) kind  (A flat major) of sad
Bbm 
Won't last forever  (B flat minor) 
Db 
Dbm 
Ab 
It's  (D flat major)  (D flat minor) kind  (A flat major) of sad