G

     G         B7 C  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?
             Am   D                    Bm   Em
Will I joke around and still dig those sounds?
     G         B7 C  Am G  D
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?
(fourteen fifteen)
       G                          D7                     G
Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world?
(sixteen seventeen)
                   Am    D               Bm Em
Well I'm young and free, but how will it be?
     G         B7 C  Am G  D
When I grow up to be a  man

        G                            D7                  G
Will my kids be proud or think their old man is really a square?
(eighteen nineteen)
             G                         D7                    G
When they're out having fun yeah, will I still wanna have my share?
(twenty twenty-one)
               Am  D                   Bm  Em
Will I love my wife, for the rest of my life?
     G         B7 C  Am G
When I grow up to be a  man
            C
What will I be? 
     G         B7 C  Am G
When I grow up to be a  man
 (twenty-two twenty-three)
              C
Won't last forever
(twenty-four twenty-five)
             G
It's kind of sad
(twenty-six twenty-seven)
              C
Won't last forever
(twenty-eight twenty-nine)
             G
It's kind of sad
(thirty thirty-one)
              C
Won't last forever
(thirty-two...)

* Alternate:

Capo III

G  = F
B7 = A7
C  = Bb
Am = Gm
D7 = C7
Bm = Am
Em = Dm