Tom: E
Introdução:
E
Mama cries Son, don't leave town
C#m
Find a girl and settle down
A
Well I hate to break her heart
F#m7 E
But that's not in the cards while I'm a young man
E
She says I could find a job
C#m
In the fields or on the docks
A
But I've always had a dream
F#m7 E
To see all I can see while I'm a young man
B A E
When I'm just an old man on a front porch in a chair
C#m B
Rocking with the memories from my past
A E
The lines you see on my face should tell a tale of no regrets
A B A B A(last
I want to look forward to looking back on the race I ran
E B A E B A
When I was a young man
E
I want to see those seven seas
C#m
Climb the highest mountain peak
A
Make it my career
F#m7 E D/F#
To make the most of every year while I'm a young man
G C
Daddy says young man
D G G/F# C D
I know you have to stand on your own you can't sit at home
G C D G G/F# C
He says I understand, once I had big plans like you
D E B A
I was a young man too
(REPEAT CHORUS)
A B A B A B
Mama please understand
E B A
I'm just a young man
E B A E
I'm just a young man