"When I Grow Up (to Be a Man)" — 1964. Questions about future identity, each verse faster than the last.
Капо 1 лад → B7, C, Am, G, D7, Am7, Em7, A, A7, Dm, Dm7, C7
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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 Bbm Bb7 Bb6
/ / / / / / / /
Ebm Ebm(+7) Ebm7 Db
/ / / / / / / /
Bb Bbm 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
Знаете ли вы, что...
- Released August 1964. The structure is unusual — Brian Wilson increases the tempo with each verse, as if time itself is accelerating. Each section asks whether teenage concerns will persist into adulthood.