One Jump Ahead Reprise
Am          C 
Riff-raff, street-rat 
Am      C 
I don't buy that 
     D                G 
If only, they'd look closer 
D           C     Am              Dm 
Would they see a poor boy? No sir-ee 
C            D           C       Dm      G 
They'd find out, there's so much more to me 
 
Spoken
N.C. 
I'm going to become somebody someday, Ma. I don't know how exactly, but I will. 
 
Verse 1
G              D 
Proud of your boy 
      C         G            D 
I'll make you proud of your boy 
  Am        C           Am                       D         Am 
Belive me, bad as I've been, Ma, you're in for a pleasant surprise 
      D      G 
I've wasted time 
       D    G 
I've wasted me 
            Am                       C       D     Dm 
So say I'm slow for my age, a late bloomer, okay I agree 
     C           G 
But someday and soon 
 
Chorus 1
      D         G            D 
I'll make you proud of your boy 
C          G    Dm           Am         C          D           G 
Though I can't make myself taller, or smarter, or handsome or wise 
 
Bridge
     D      C         Am    C    D 
I'll do my best, what else can I do? 
C                    D             G      C   N.C.             Am 
Since I wasn't born perfect, like Dad or you, Mom, I will try hard to 
 
Outro
N.C.       Am         D            G 
Try had to make you proud of your boy!