[INTRO: ]E B A (twice) 
 
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 
 
 
CHORUS: 
 
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 time - to TAG) 
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 
 
 
BRIDGE: 
 
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) 
 
TAG: 
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