This is of course an 80s song normally performed with synthesizers, but the guitar 
version works better than you might think.

Verse: (1st verse starts off playing staccato) 
        A (x02220@1)One day the boy decided
                D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)To let them know the way he felt inside
        A (x02220@1)He could not stand to hide it
                D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)His mother she broke down and cried

PreChorus:
        E (022100@1)Oh my father
                A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)Why don't you talk to me now?
        E (022100@1)Oh my mother
                A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)Do you still cry yourself to sleep?
 E (022100@1)                            A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)     E (022100@1)Are you still proud of your little boy?

Chorus:
 D (xx0232@1)                    E (022100@1)Don't be afraid (be afraid)
 D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)You don't have to hideaway

Verse:
 The boy he was rejected
 By the people that he cared for
 It's not what they expected
 But he could not keep it secret anymore

PreChorus:
 Far from home now
 Waiting by the telephone
 There's a new world
 You can make it on your own
 Are you still proud of your little boy?

Chorus:
 Don't be afraid
 You don't have to hideaway, no

Extended Chorus:
 A (x02220@1)            F (133211@1)Don't be afraid
 D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)Love will mend your broken wing
 A (x02220@1)            F (133211@1)     
 Time will slip away
 D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)Learn to be brave

Instrumental: D   A  E  D   A

PreChorus:
 Oh my father
 Why don't you talk to me now?
 Oh my mother
 Do you still cry yourself to sleep?
 Are you still proud of your little boy?

Chorus:
 Don't be afraid
 You don't have to hide away, no

Extended Chorus:
 Don't be afraid
 Love will mend your broken wing
 Time will slip away
 Learn to be brave

Outro: D  A  E