(intro) D5  G5  D5  G5

(verso 1)
D5                           G5
Walk out of an alley with a bloody dollar bill
D5                  A5             G5
Holdin' your lunch money that no bully's gonna steal
D5                                G5
Put that dime left over with the others in a box
            D5             A5               G5
To buy your grandpa a new buck knife to replace the one you lost

(verso 2)
D5                              G5
Steal your daddy's Pontiac and plant it in a ditch
D5                 A5                   G5
Watch him walk to work all week 'till he could get it fixed
D5                           G5
Work it off on the weekends sweating in a mill
D5               A5               G5
Go there with a debt to pay and leave there with a skill

(refr?o)
       D5              G5          D5                  G5        A5
That's how you make a boy become more than just his father's son
G5         D5      G5         D5     G5          A5       G5
Fight and crawl, climb and fall, stand tall on your knees
                               D5               G5
That's how you make a man like me

(verso 3)
Pick up that telephone you wish you never heard
Take the longest two mile drive you ever took to her
And wait 'till she takes that test 'cause you just couldn't wait and taste
Bittersweet victory when she says, "We're okay"

(verso 4)
Let your buddy leave a party, don't ask him for his keys
Rest that casket on the shoulder where your best friend used to lean
See that baby boy's whole life flash right before his mama's eyes
Live with knowing you could have saved his life

(refr?o)
       D5              G5          D5                  G5        A5
That's how you make a boy become more than just his father's son
G5         D5      G5         D5     G5          A5       G5
Fight and crawl, climb and fall, stand tall on your knees
                      A5        D5       G5       D5        G5
That's how you make a man like me

D5                               G5
Kick yourself for stumblin' but never leave your feet
D5              A5                 G5
Lie awake with your mistakes and find peace piece by piece
D5                           G5
Pray that you'll wake up as who you want to be
D5              A5               D5       G5
That's how you make a man like me
D5                 G5          D5                G5
Walk proud in the shoes that no ones wants to be
D5              A5             D5  G5 D5 G5
That's how you make a man             like me