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When You Become a Man chords by 
Matt MonroNelson Riddle 
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Verse 1
Ladies and gentlemen,
D
this next song is not really a pop song
Gm
D
in as much as it didn't
make the top 20
or anything like that,
but it was a song written for me,
I'm very happy to say, by one
F
gentleman
Em
whose name you've already heard,
Mr Don Black,
D
and his partner Mr Vic Lewis.
It's not, as I say, a pop song,
it's more a soliloquy,
Gm
in as much as that it tells
D
the story of a man
Gm
who suddenly realizes
F#m
that he's not as young as
he used to be.
D
It's called very simply,
When You Become a Man.
Asus4
A
D
Gm
When you
Asus4
D
F#m
D
Em
C
become a man,
B
Gm
Asus4
the world is eager to tell you so.
A
C
B
Although those days of climbing trees
Bb
A
D
Bm
D
Em
and ABCs don't seem so long ago
D
Swing, swing up to the sky
Mind the sun, don't get in your eye
G
Wash your hands, it's time for bed
Gm
Shoot the bad man, bang,
Eb
Gdim
Bbm
Gdim
he's dead
D
Em
C
When you become a man
B
Gm
You're just a boy who
Asus4
wants bigger toys
A
C
B
Your toys are things like pretty girls,
Bb
A
teeth like pearls,
D
Bm
D
G
Em
instead of toy cowboys.
A
Am
D
Get up, daddy, play with the ball.
Please, may I walk on the wall.
Baug
Em
Let me jump, I know that I can
D
B
Em
B
A
But when will I become a man?
Gm
But when you're a man,
Bb
Baug
you must fight for success
B
Am
It doesn't come easy,
C
Aaug
you have to confess
Bm
D
Em
Ebaug
You ask yourself why, what is it all for?
Em
E
Until you fall in love,
Em
F#
Gdim
you must fight even more
D
Em
C
When you become a man,
B
Gm
A
those bachelor days soon hurry by
Am
B
Yes, they fly those days of taking hearts
Bb
A
And breaking hearts
D
Bm
A
G
With a very fast good -bye
Em
D
Am
Come to me, baby,
D
turn down the light
Am
You're gonna learn the meaning
of sin tonight
G
Em
Since I've met you,
I've never been the same
Gm
By the way,
Eb
what's your second name?
D
Em
C
B
When you become a man,
Bb
Gm
A
you'll want a son named after you.
C
B
So you've got to take a wife,
Bb
Gm
an d then build a life,
A
D
Bm
Em
A
before your days are through.
C
D
Watch the kids,
they're in a mess.
C
D
Look at his feet,
just look at the dress.
G
Baug
And why do they scream an
Em
Ebaug
d fight all day through?
F#m
F#dim
D
When I was a kid.
A
When I was a kid,
D
Em
F#dim
G
A
I was just like them, too.
D
Em
C
But when you become a man,
B
Gm
you'll lead the way for them
Asus4
to follow you.
A
F#dim
You'll try to make
B
their dreams come true
Em
Fdim
And you will want to do all that
D
Bm
Fdim
Em
youcan
A
Em
A
When you be come
D
Gm
C
D
Amen.
Verse 2
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh,
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Chords
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F#m
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C
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Bm
G
Eb
Gdim
Bbm
Am
Baug
Aaug
Ebaug
E
F#
F#dim
Fdim
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