Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
|G+G D MajorD |G+G D MajorD | 2x
Verse:
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
When I grow up to be a man
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Like my father was when I was young
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I hope I can make him so proud of me
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Proud enough to call me his son
Instrumental:
|C majorC |FF |
|G+G |G+G |Am7Am7 |Am7Am7 |Dm7Dm7 |Dm7Dm7 |C majorC |C majorC |
|G+G D MajorD |C majorC D MajorD |G+G |C majorC | 2x
Verse:
G+G D MajorD C majorC
What makes these people so different now
G+G C majorC D MajorD
What makes these times so strange?
G+G D MajorD C majorC
Seems most people got most everything they need
G+G C majorC
How come we see this change
Chorus:
D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm
Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control
D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm
Their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC
When will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer
Verse:
G+G D MajorD C majorC
When I was a boy, did we have more respect?
G+G D MajorD C majorC
This world seemed a nicer place to be
G+G D MajorD C majorC
But time slowly passes and one day you look around
G+G D MajorD C majorC
You hardly recognize what you see
Chorus:
D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm
Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control
D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm
Their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC
Now when will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer
|G+G |G+G |Am7Am7 |Am7Am7 |
Dm7Dm7 C majorC
They're beyond our control
Bridge:
B minorBm E MajorE
We're all sons of our fathers
B minorBm E MajorE
Sometimes I feel like mine
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m
And I can hear him say, the things I say
E MajorE D MajorD
Seems all things come around in time
Instrumental:
|G+G D MajorD |C majorC D MajorD |G+G |C majorC | 2x
Verse:
G+G C majorC D MajorD
Why these things happen we'll never know
G+G C majorC
Guess that was then and this is now
G+G C majorC
We always knew that change was gonna come
G+G C majorC
But I want to go back, please tell me how
Chorus:
D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm
Our sons and daughters seem to be beyond our control
D MajorD E minorEm A minorAm
Their smile is fading fast, they're losing their soul
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC
When will we ever learn, yet I'm a believer
Outro:
|G+G |G+G |Am7Am7 |Am7Am7 |
Dm7Dm7 C majorC G+G
They're beyond our control
Am7Am7 Dm7Dm7 C majorC
Oh, beyond our control
Ending:
|G+G D MajorD |C majorC D MajorD |G+G |C majorC | 4x