By: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans 1956
[1]
Performed: Doris Day
| C | Cmaj7 | C6 |
| When I was just a | little | boy |
| C | C#dim | Dm7 |
| I asked my mother, " | what will I | be?" |
| G7 |
" | Will I be handsome, will I be rich?" |
| Dm7 | G7 | C |
| Here's what she | said to | me |
| C |
Whatever will | be, will be |
| G7 |
The future's not | ours to see |
| Dm7 | G7 | Dm7 | G7 | C |
| What | will | be, | will | be. |
| C | Cmaj7 | C6 |
| When I was just a | child in | school, |
| C | C#dim | Dm7 |
| I asked my teacher, " | what should I | try?" |
| G7 |
" | Should I paint pictures, should I sing songs?" |
| Dm7 | G7 | C |
| This was her | wise re | ply |
| C | Cmaj7 | C6 |
| When I grew up and | fell in | love |
| C | C#dim | Am |
| I asked my lover " | what lies | ahead?" |
| G7 |
" | Will we have rainbows, day after day?" |
| Dm7 | G7 | C |
| Here's what my | lover | said |
| C | Cmaj7 | C6 |
| Now I have children | of my | own |
| C | C#dim | Dm7 |
| They ask their father, " | what will I | be?" |
| G7 |
| Will I be handsome, will I be rich?" |
| Dm7 | G7 | C |
| I tell them | tender | ly |
Created 2009 Aug 16 10:14
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