Based on the tab by Mads H K
Tuning: Standard(EADGBe) Capo 1 to match the album version, but it's fine without too.
This is essentially the tab Mads H K made, I just added a few small things that I
think make the song sound better.
Em/G: 322000 (just add a G to the normal Em)
[Intro]
| D | % | Bm | % | G | % | A | % |
Oh!
[Verse 1]
D
Oh, the power to be strong
Bm
And the wisdom to be wise
G
All these things will
A
Come to you in time
G D
On this journey that you're making
A Bm Bm7
There'll be answers that you'll seek
G D
And it's you who'll climb the mountain
A Bm
It's you who'll reach the peak
[Chorus 1]
G D A
Son of man, look to the sky
G D A
Lift your spirit, set it free
G D A
Some day you'll walk tall with pride
G D A D Bm G A
Son of man, a man in time you'll be
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
G D
Though there's no one there to guide you
A Bm Bm7
No one to take your hand
G D
But with faith and understanding
A Bm
You will journey from boy to man
[Chorus 2]
G D A
Son of man, look to the sky
G D A
Lift your spirit, set it free
G D A
Some day you'll walk tall with pride
G D A E A/E A/E D/E
Son of man, a man in time you'll be
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
E
In learning you will teach
C#m
And in teaching you will learn
A B
You'll find your place beside the ones you love
A E
Oh, and all the things you dreamed of
B C#m
The visions that you saw
A E
Well, the time is drawing near now
B C#m
It's yours to claim in all
[Chorus 3]
A E B
Son of man, look to the sky
A E B
Lift your spirit, set it free
A E B
Some day you'll walk tall with pride
A E B E C#m
Son of man, a man in time you'll be
[Outro]
A B
Yeah, yeah, yeah
E
Son of man, Son of man's a man for all to see