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Beach Boys - When I Grow Up guitar tab

"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

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Ebm Ebm(+7) Ebm7 Db

/ / / / / / / /

Bb Bbmaj7 Bb7 Bb6

/ / / / / / / /

Ebm Eb7

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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

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