When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)

Lyrics

When I grow up to be a man
Will I dig the same things that turn me on as a kid?
Will I look back and say that I wish I hadn't done what I did?
Will I joke around and still dig those sounds
When I grow up to be a man?

Will I look for the same things in a woman that I dig in a girl?
(fourteen fifteen)
Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world?
(sixteen seventeen)
Now I'm young and free, but how will it be
When I grow up to be a man?

Oooooo Ooooooo Oooooooo
Will my kids be proud or think their old man is really a square?
(eighteen nineteen)
When they're out having fun yeah, will I still wanna have my share?
(twenty twenty-one)
Will I love my wife for the rest of my life
When I grow up to be a man?

What will I be when I grow up to be a man?
(twenty-two twenty-three)
Won't last forever
(twenty-four twenty-five)
It's kind of sad
(twenty-six twenty-seven)
Won't last forever
(twenty-eight twenty-nine)
It's kind of sad
(thirty thirty-one)
Won't last forever
(thirty-two . . .)

Chords

(original key: Ab)


.....G7+5/F.............C.Bm.Am.G
When I grow up to be a man

............G.....................................D7.....................G
Will I dig the same things that turn me on as a kid?
.............G....................................D7.....................................G
Will I look back and say that I wish I hadn't done what I did?
......................Am7.D7...........................Bm7..Em7
Will I joke around and still dig those sounds
......G7+5/F.............C.Bm.Am.G....C
When I grow up to be a man?

..............G.............................................D7..............................G
Will I look for the same things in a woman that I dig in a girl?
............G.......................................D7.................................G
Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world?
..................................Am7.D7...................Bm7..Em7
Now I'm young and free, but how will it be
.......G7+5/F............C.Bm.Am.A
When I grow up to be a man?

Dm7........A...............Dm7...D7
Oooooo Ooooooo Oooooooo

................G...........................................D7...............................G
Will my kids be proud or think their old man is really a square?
........................G.....................................D7...................................G
When they're out having fun yeah, will I still wanna have my share?
..........................Am7.D7........................Bm7..Em7
Will I love my wife for the rest of my life
......G7+5/F.............C.Bm.Am.G#
When I grow up to be a man?
.....A#m.Cm.C#......G#7+5/F#.......C#.Cm.A#m.G#
What will I be when I grow up to be a man?

G#..................A#m
Won't last forever
C#m6..............G#
It's kind of sad
........................A#m
Won't last forever
C#m6..............G#
It's kind of sad


Chart prepared by Francis Greene

Sheet Music

• When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) (chord chart).pdf
• When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) (chord chart).sib
• When I Grow Up (To Be A Man) (lyrics).pdf
• When I Grow Up (To Be A Man).mid
• When I Grow Up (To Be A Man).pdf
• When I Grow Up (To Be A Man).sib