Intro chords: G  D  D/C#  Bm  Bm/A   G  A  D 
 
D                   F#m/D 
I never once backed down from a punch 
      D7                        G     
Well, I'd take it square on the chin 
     Gm                  D       D/C# Bm 
Well I found out fast, a bully?s just that 
    Em                        A   
And you?ve got to stand up to him 
   D                   F#m/D 
So I didn't cry when I got a black eye 
   D7                    G 
As bad as it hurt I just grinned 
         Gm                     D     D/C#  Bm     Bm/A   
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      D/C#   
Well I'd fall everytime you fell down 
         Bm                     G            D/F# 
And your first day of school, I cried like a fool 
      Em                          A 
And I followed your school bus to town 
 

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

D  D/C#  Bm  Bm/A   G  A  D 
 
     D                      F#m/D  
Well I'm a grown man but as strong as I am 
     D7                        G 
Well sometimes it's hard to believe 
    Gm                   D      D/C#   Bm  
How one little girl with little blonde curls 
    Em              A 
Can totally terrify me  
   D                   F#m/D 
If you were to ask, my wife would just laugh 
      D7                   G  
She'd say I know all about men 
    Gm                     D     D/C#  Bm    Bm/A   
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        G/F# 
But when I get home and I'm all alone 
     Em                         A 
Then I'll sit in your room for awhile 
 
Chorus: 
     D                 F#m/D   
Well I didn't cry when old Yeller died  
   D7                       G 
At least not in front of my friends 
         Gm                     D     D/C#  Bm    Bm/A   
But when tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads 
          G        A      D       
They turn into big babies again 
 
 
     Gm                     D     D/C#  Bm   
When tough little boys grow up to  be   Dads 
          G        A       D       
They turn into big babies again 
 

G  D  D/C#  Bm  Bm/A   G  A  D