Capo on 2nd fret
[Intro]
Em* D* Bm* C* (x2)
[Verse]
Em D
I'm so tired of your illusions
Bm C
The rules, they never change
Em D
And my mind is so abusive
Bm C
From taking on the shapes
Em D
When it comes to your love, is it unconditional?
Bm C
When it comes to my love, anything is fixable
C
And all this noise is so relentless
C N.C.
I need a second to breathe
[Chorus]
Am
Cause if boys will be boys and
Em
We do the best that we can
G D
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
Am Em
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
G
When mothers lose their sons
D
And their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
Em
Fathers watch them go
G
When mothers lose their sons
D
And their fathers watch them go
[Verse]
Em D Bm C
I'm no longer taking lessons from those that broke before
Em D Bm C
Now that I am done confessing the words have left me sore
Em
When you feel the restless pain
D
As it crawls out of your heart
Bm
And the thoughts of yesterday
C
Bring you to where you are and
C N.C.
All these voices that once controlled me can't contain me here
[Chorus]
Am
Cause if boys will be boys and
Em
We do the best that we can
G D
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
Am Em
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
G
When mothers lose their sons
D
And their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
Em
Fathers watch them go
G
When mothers lose their sons
D
And their fathers watch them go
[Bridge]
C D
Tell me how it feels to win it
Em G C
Has it gone according to your plan?
D
Do you wish that you'd forget it or?
Em G
Or do you feel less like a human?
C D Em
Ooh if boys don't cry not a man am I
G C
Not a day goes by that I've had to lie
Who I was before
D Em
Since I closed that door
And it's all white noise
N.C.
That boys must be boys
[Chorus]
Am
Cause if boys will be boys
Em
And we do the best that we can
G D
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
Am Em
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
G
When mothers lose their sons
D
And their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
Em
Fathers watch them go
G
When mothers lose their sons
D
And their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
Em
Fathers watch them go
G
When mothers lose their sons
D
And their fathers watch them go
[Outro]
Am* Em* G* D*