Boy Becomes The Man chords by Allan Taylor

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
G MajorG  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G

Verse:
               C majorC
Young boy on the waterfront
             D MajorD
Looking out at the sea
D MajorD
Ships in the distance
G+G
Where he longs to be

Verse:
G+G
Throw a stone in the water
     C majorC         D MajorD
Watch the ripples disappear
D MajorD
Ride the waves to Africa
     G+G
With the wind in your hair
  C majorC         D MajorD
The wind in your hair
  G+G
The wind in your hair

Verse:
G+G
There's a map up on a space in the wall
    C majorC
And he stares at it through the night
  D MajorD
He dreams across continents
G+G
Following the light

Verse:
G+G
Onward to the west he roves
C majorC           D MajorD
Searching out the sun
D MajorD
When he comes full circle
  G+G
He swings around again
  C majorC           D MajorD
He swings around again
  G+G
He swings around again

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
G MajorG  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G

Verse:
G+G
And the father sees a young boy
  C majorC
Who wears a man's disguise
  D MajorD
He knows that far-off freedom look
   G+G
That flashes in his eyes

Verse:
G+G
For he wore that look in younger days
   C majorC
When he was still a son
    D MajorD
And he knows that he will never see
     G+G
When the boy becomes the man
  C majorC           D MajorD
The boy becomes the man
  G+G
The boy becomes the man

Verse:
G+G
And the road goes ever onward
  C majorC           D MajorD
So, take it while you can
D MajorD
When you've done with travelling
   G+G
Come home again my son
C majorC          D MajorD
Home again my son
G+G
Home again my son