When I Grow Up Chords - Beach Boys






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                     "When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)"
                             (Brian Wilson)

Intro:

  C7-5/Gb         Db Cm Bbm Ab
When I grow up to be     a  man

Verse 1:

        Ab                       Eb7             Ab
Will I dig the same things that turn me on as a kid?
        Ab                       Eb7                       Ab
Will I look back and say that I wish I hadn't done what I did?
       Bbm7        Eb7                      Cm7     Fm7
Will I joke around     and still dig those sounds
  C7-5/Gb         Db Cm Bbm Ab  Db
When I grow up to be     a man?

Verse 2:

Will I look for the same things in a woman that I dig in a girl?
Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world?
Now I'm young and free, but how will it be
  C7-5/Gb         Db Cm Bbm [Bb]
When I grow up to be     a man?

Instrumental break (chord variations implied by background voices):

Bb    Bbmaj7     Bb7     Bb6
 /   /   /   /    /   /   /   /
Ebm   Ebm(+7)    Ebm7    Db
 /   /   /   /    /   /   /   /
Bb    Bbmaj7     Bb7     Bb6
 /   /   /   /    /   /   /   /
Ebm              Eb7
 /   /   /   /    /   /   /   /

Verse 3:

Will my kids be proud or think their old man is really a square?
When they're out having fun yeah, will I still wanna have my share?
Will I love my wife for the rest of my life
  C7-5/Gb         Db Cm Bbm A          Bm C#m D
When I grow up to be     a man - what will I be?

   C#7-5/G        D C#m Bm A
When I grow up to be    a man?

Coda (repeat to fade):

A                  Bm    Dm                A
    Won't last forever       It's kind of sad


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers