BEACH BOYS - "When I Grow Up" Tablature

"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
/ / / / / / / /
Ebm Ebm(+7) Ebm7 Db
/ / / / / / / /
Bb Bbmaj7 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