When You Become a Man Chords

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[Verse 1]
Ladies and gentlemen,
[D]this next song is not really a pop song
in as [Gm]much as it [D]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
whose name [Em]you've already heard,
Mr Don Black,
and his [D]partner Mr Vic Lewis.
It's not, as I say, a pop song,
it's more a soliloquy,
in as much as [Gm]that it tells
the story of [D]a man
[Gm]who suddenly realizes
that he's not as young [F#m]as
he used to be.
It's called very [D]simply,
When You Become a Man.
When [Asus4]you[A][D][Gm]
[Asus4]become a [D]man[F#m],[D][Em][C]
[B]the wor[Gm]ld is eager to tel[Asus4]l you so.
[A]Although tho[C]se day[B]s of climbing trees
[Bb]and [A]ABCs d[D]on't seem [Bm]so long [D]ago[Em]
[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,
he's [Eb]dead[Gdim][Bbm][Gdim]
[D]When you [Em]become [C]a man
[B]You're just [Gm]a boy who
wants bigger [Asus4]toys
[A]Your toys are[C] things lik[B]e pretty girls,
[Bb]teeth like [A]pearls,
[D]instead of [Bm]toy c[D]owboys[G].[Em]
[A]Get up,[Am] dadd[D]y, play with the ball.
Please, may I walk on the wall.
Let me [Baug]jump, I[Em] know that I can
[D]But when will [B]I be[Em]come a [B]man?[A]
But [Gm]when you're a man,
[Bb]you must f[Baug]ight for success
It [B]doesn't [Am]come easy,
[C]you have to [Aaug]confess
You [Bm]ask yourself [D]why, [Em]what is it all [Ebaug]for?
[Em]Until [E]you fall in love,
[Em]you must fight even [F#]more[Gdim]
[D]When you [Em]become a m[C]an,
[B]those bac[Gm]helor days soon hur[A]ry by
Yes, they fly [Am]those days of [B]taking hearts
[Bb]And breaking h[A]earts
[D]With a very [Bm]fast [A]good [G]-bye
[Em]Come [D]to [Am]me, baby,
turn [D]down the light
You're gonna [Am]learn the meaning
of sin tonight
[G]Since [Em]I've met you,
I've never been the same
[Gm]By the way,
what's [Eb]your second name?
[D]When you become [Em]a ma[C]n,[B]
[Bb]you'll want a [Gm]son named after [A]you.
So you've [C]got to take a [B]wife,
[Bb]an d then build a li[Gm]fe,
[A]before [D]your [Bm]days are [Em]through.[A]
[C]Watch the [D]kids,
they're in a mess.
[C]Look at his [D]feet,
just look at the dress.
[G]And why do they s[Baug]cream an
[Em]d fight all day [Ebaug]through?
When [F#m]I was [F#dim]a kid.[D]
When I was a [A]kid,
[D]I w[Em]as ju[F#dim]st like them, too.[G][A]
[D]But [Em]when you [C]become a man,
[B]you'll lead [Gm]the way for them
to fol[Asus4]low you.
[A]You'll try [F#dim]to make
their dreams come [B]true
And you will [Em]want to [Fdim]do all that
you[D]can[Bm][Fdim][Em]
[A]When you [Em]be co[A]me
[D]Amen.[Gm][C][D]

[Verse 2]
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Oh, oh, oh,