Intro chords: G5  D5  D5  B5  B5   G5  A5  D5 
 
D5                   F#5 
I never once backed down from a punch 
      D5                        G5     
Well, I'd take it square on the chin 
     G5                  D5       D5 B5 
Well I found out fast, a bully?s just that 
    E5                        A5   
And you?ve got to stand up to him 
   D5                   F#5 
So I didn't cry when I got a black eye 
   D5                    G5 
As bad as it hurt I just grinned 
         G5                     D5     D5  B5     B5   
But when tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads 
          G5        A5      D5       
They turn into big babies again 
B5                          G5  
Scared me to death when you took your first steps 
         D5         A5             D5      D5   
Well I'd fall everytime you fell down 
         B5                     G5            D5 
And your first day of school, I cried like a fool 
      E5                          A5 
And I followed your school bus to town 
 

     D5                 F#5   
Well I didn't cry when old Yeller died  
   D5                       G5 
At least not in front of my friends 
         G5                     D5     D5  B5    B5   
But when tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads 
          G5        A5       G5            
They turn into big babies again  
 

D5  D5  B5  B5   G5  A5  D5 
 
     D5                      F#5  
Well I'm a grown man but as strong as I am 
     D5                        G5 
Well sometimes it's hard to believe 
    G5                   D5      D5   B5  
How one little girl with little blonde curls 
    E5              A5 
Can totally terrify me  
   D5                   F#5 
If you were to ask, my wife would just laugh 
      D5                   G5  
She'd say I know all about men 
    G5                     D5     D5  B5    B5   
How tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads 
          G5        A5      D5       
They turn into big babies again 
     B5                  G5 
Well I know one day I'll give you away  
    D5            A5               D5  
And I'm gonna to stand there and smile 
    B5                  G5        G5 
But when I get home and I'm all alone 
     E5                         A5 
Then I'll sit in your room for awhile 
 
Chorus: 
     D5                 F#5   
Well I didn't cry when old Yeller died  
   D5                       G5 
At least not in front of my friends 
         G5                     D5     D5  B5    B5   
But when tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads 
          G5        A5      D5       
They turn into big babies again 
 
 
     G5                     D5     D5  B5   
When tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads 
          G5        A5       D5       
They turn into big babies again 
 

G5  D5  D5  B5  B5   G5  A5  D5