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