Tough little boys
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1. I never once backed down from a punch,
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well,
I'd take it square on the chin,
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well,
I found out fast, a bully’s just that,
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and
you’ve got to stand up to him.
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So I didn't cry when I got a
black eye,
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as
bad as it hurt, I just grinned,
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but
when tough little boys grow up to be dads,
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they
turn into big babies again.
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Scared me to death when you
took your first steps,
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well,
I'd fall everytime you fell down.
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And your first day of school,
I cried like a fool
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and I
followed your school bus to town.
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Well, I didn't cry when Old
Yeller died,
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at
least not in front of my friends,
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but
when tough little boys grow up to be dads,
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they
turn into big babies again. + C - Am - F - G - C
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2. Well, I'm a grown man but as strong as I am,
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well, sometimes it's hard to
believe,
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how
one little girl with little blonde curls
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can
totally terrify me.
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If you were to ask, my wife
would just laugh,
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she'd
say I know all about men,
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how
tough little boys grow up to be dads,
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they
turn into big babies again.
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Well, I know one day I'll give
you away,
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and
I'm gonna to stand there and smile,
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but
when I get home and I'm all alone,
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then
I'll sit in your room for awhile.
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Well, I didn't cry when Old
Yeller died,
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at
least not in front of my friends,
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no,
when tough little boys grow up to be dads,
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they
turn into big babies again.
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When tough little boys grow up
to be dads,
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they
turn into big babies again. + F - C - Am - F - G - C
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Gary Allan)