INTRO: E5 B5 A5 (twice) 
 
E5 
Mama cries Son, don't leave town 
C#5 
Find a girl and settle down 
A5 
Well I hate to break her heart 
F#5                                    E5 
But that's not in the cards while I'm a young man 
 
 
E5 
She says I could find a job 
C#5 
In the fields or on the docks 
A5 
But I've always had a dream 
F#5                             E5 
To see all I can see while I'm a young man 
 
CHORUS: 
B5                             A5                E5 
When I'm just an old man on a front porch in a chair 
                                  C#5  B5 
Rocking with the memories from my past 
                                           A5            E5  
The lines you see on my face should tell a tale of no regrets 
               A5                  B5                  A5    B5  A5  
I want to look forward to looking back on the race I ran    (last time - to TAG)
             E5     B5    A5    E5   B5   A5   
When I was a young man 
 
 
E5 
I want to see those seven seas 
C#5 
Climb the highest mountain peak 
A5 
Make it my career 
F#5                                           E5            D5 
To make the most of every year while I'm a young man 
 
BRIDGE: 
G5                 C5 
Daddy says young man 
D5                   G5     G5    C5             D5 
I know you have to stand on your own you can't sit at home 
G5              C5      D5              G5     G5 C5   
He says I understand, once I had big plans like you 
        D5         E5     B5  A5 
I was a young man too 
 
(REPEAT CHORUS) 
 
TAG: 
A5    B5           A5     B5  A5   B5 
Mama please understand 
E5                B5    A5      
I'm just a young man 
           E5     B5    A5      E5 
I'm just a young man