Tough Little Boys

A     X03330

At the end of each chorus, Gm is 4 beats, the strum D (1 beat) the note
 C#, Bm2 (1 beat) and
A(1 beat and hold for 3 beats).  Outro is Gm (4 beats) D (1 beat), the 
note C#, Bm2 (1 beat), G (One beat,
hold 1 beat) Em (1 beat) A (1 beat) D strumed slowly.


[Intro]

G  D   Bm  G  A  D

[Verse 1]

D                   Dmaj7
I never once backed down from a punch
      D7                        G
Well, I'd take it square on the chin
     Gm                  D            Bm
Well I found out fast, a bully’s just that
    G             Em          A
And you’ve got to stand up to him
   D                   Dmaj7
So I didn't cry when I got a black eye
   D7                    G
As bad as it hurt I just grinned
         Gm                     D           Bm
But when tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads
          G        A      D
They turn into big babies again
Bm                          G
Scared me to death when you took your first steps
         D         A             D
Well I'd fall everytime you fell down
         Bm                 G            F#
your first day at school, I cried like a fool
  Em                          A
I followed your school bus to town

[Chorus]

     D                 Dmaj7
Well I didn't cry when old Yeller died
   D7                       G
At least not in front of my friends
         Gm                     D  C#  Bm2   A
But when tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads
          G        A       D
They turn into big babies again

[Interlude]

Gm   D  C#  Bm2  A  G   A   D

[Verse 2]

     D                      Dmaj7
Well I'm a grown man but as strong as I am
     D7                        G
Well sometimes it's hard to believe
    Gm                   D             Bm
How one little girl with little blonde curls
    G       Em      A
Can totally terrify me
   D                   Dmaj7
If you were to ask, my wife would just laugh
      D7                   G
She'd say I know all about men
    Gm                     D           Bm
How tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads
     G             A      D
They turn into big babies again
     Bm                  G
Well I know one day I'll give you away
    D            A               D
And I'm gonna to stand there and smile
         Bm             G       F#
But when I get home and I'm all alone
Em                          A
I'll sit in your room for a while

[Chorus]

     D                 Dmaj7
Well I didn't cry when old Yeller died
   D7                       G
At least not in front of my friends

         Gm                     D  C#  Bm2  A
But when tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads
          G        A      D
They turn into big babies again
     Gm                     D  C#  Bm   A
When tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads
          G        A       D
They turn into big babies again

• A
• Bm
• Bm2

  2
• C#

  4
• D
• D7
• Dmaj7
• Em
• F#
• G
• Gm