Standard tuning
Capo 2
[Intro]
C G D Am
[Verse]
C G
I'm so tired of your illusions
D Am
Rules never change
C G
And my mind is so abusive
D Am
Taking on the shapes
C G
When it comes to your love, is it unconditional?
D Am
When it comes to my love, anything is fixable
C G
And all these noises so relentless
D Am
I need a second to breathe
[Chorus]
C
Cause if boys will be boys
G
We do the best that we can
D Am
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
C G
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
D
When mothers lose their sons
Em
And their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
Em
Fathers watch them go
D
When mothers lose their sons
Em
And their fathers watch them go
C G D Am
I'm no longer taking lessons from those who broke before
C G D Am
Now that I am done confessing the words have left me sore
[Verse]
C
When you feel the restless pain
G
As it crawls out of your heart
D
And the thoughts of yesterday
Am
Bring you to where you are
C G D Am
All these voices that once controlled me can't contain me here
[Chorus]
C
Cause if boys will be boys
G
We do the best that we can
D Am
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
C G
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
D
When mothers lose their sons
Em
And their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
Em
Fathers watch them go
D
When mothers lose their sons
Em
And their fathers watch them go
C G
Tell me how it feels to win it
D Em C
Has it gone according to your plan?
G
Do you wish that you'd forget it or?
D Em Am
Or do you feel less like a human?
C G D Em Am
Ooh if boys don't cry not a man am I
C G D
Not a day goes by that I've had to lie
Em
Who I was before
C
Since I closed that door
G
And it's all white noise
D C
That boys must be boys
C
Cause if boys will be boys
G
We do the best that we can
D Am
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
C G
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
D
When mothers lose their sons
Em
And their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
Em
Fathers watch them go
D
When mothers lose their sons
Em
And their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
Em
Fathers watch them go
D
When mothers lose their sons
Em
And their fathers watch them go
C G D Am