When you become a man chords by Matt Monro
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Verse 1
When (D major) you (E minor) (D major) (G minor)
(A major) (B major) (D major) become (E minor) a (D major) man,
(B major) the (G minor) world is eager to tell you (A major) so.
Although (B major) those days of climbing trees (B flat major) and ABC
(G minor) (A major) s don't (D major) seem so (B minor) long ago (D major)
(C major) Swing, swing up (E minor) to (D major) the sky
Mind (C major) the sun, don't (E minor) get in (D major) your eye
Wash (E minor) your hands.
It's time for (G major) bed. (E minor)
(G minor) Shoot the bad man.
Bang, he's (E flat major) dead. (B flat minor) (E flat major)
(D major) When you be (E minor) come a (C major) man,
(B major) you're (G minor) just a boy who wants
bigger (Asus4) toys.
(A major) Your (C major) toys (F sharpdim) are things
(B major) like pretty girls (G minor) with teeth like pearls (A major)
(D major) Instead (B minor) of toy (D major) cow (E minor) boys (A major)
(A minor) Get up (D major) daddy, play with the ball
Please may I (E minor) walk on that (D major) wall
(G major) Let me (Baug) jump, I (E minor) know that I can
But (D major) when will (B major) I become (E minor) (B major) a (E minor) man? (A major)
(G minor) But when you're a man,
you (B major) must fight for success
(Baug) It (A minor) doesn't come easy,
you'll (A major) have to con (Aaug) fess
You (D major) ask yourself why, (B major) what is it all (E flataug) for?
Until (E major) you fall in love,
then (E minor) you'll fight even (C major) more (F sharp major)
(G minor) But (D major) when you (E minor) become (C major) a man,
(B major)
those bachelor days (G minor) soon
hurry by (Asus4)
(A major) They (C major) fly, those (B major) days of taking hearts
and (B flataug) (G minor) breaking (A major) hearts
(D major) With a very fast (B minor) (D major) good (G major) -bye (E minor) (D major)
(A minor) Come (D major) to me, baby, (A minor) turn down (D major) the light
You're (A minor) gonna (D major) learn the
meaning of (A minor) sin tonight
Since (G major) I met you,
(E minor) I've never been the (G major) same
An (G minor) d by the way,
what's your second name? (E flat major)
(D major) When you be (E minor) come a (C major) man,
(B major) you'll want a (G minor) son named after you (A major)
So you've (C major) got to take (B major) a wife
and build (A major) a life
before (D major) your (B minor) days are (E minor) through (A major)
(E minor) Watch the (D major) kids, they're in a mess,
look at his knees,
will you look at her dress?
And (G major) why do they scream and
(E minor) fight all day (E flataug) through,
(F sharp minor) when I was (B major) a kid?
When I was a (D major) kid,
(E minor) I was just like (D major) them too. (G major) (A major)
(D major) When you be (E minor) come a man, (C major)
(B major) you'll lead (G minor) the way
for them to follow (Asus4) you.
(A major) You'll (F sharp minor) try to (F sharpdim) make their
dreams (B major) come true,
but you will want (E minor) to do all (Fdim)
that you (B minor) can.
(Fdim) (E minor) when you be (A major) come
a (D major) man. (G minor)
(D major)
you
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