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Tough Little Boys

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Gary Allan Herzberg (born December 5, 1967) is an American country music artist, known professionally as Gary Allan.

Allan was born and raised in La Mirada, California, to Harley and Mary Herzberg. To ensure that the family would focus on music, Allan's mother insisted that the family's guitars would always remain visible in the home. At age thirteen, Allan began playing in honky tonks with his father. Two years later, he was offered his first recording contract, from A&M Records, but rejected the deal.

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Tough Little Boys
By Gary Allan

D xx0232 Dmaj7 xx0222
D7 xx0212 Gm 355333
Bm x24432    G      355433
C#    x4xxxx    Bm2    x20032
A     X03330

At the end of each chorus, Gm is 4 beats, the strum D (1 beat) the note C#, Bm2 (1 beat) and
A(1 beat and hold for 3 beats). Outro is Gm (4 beats) D (1 beat), the note C#, Bm2 (1 beat), G (One beat,
hold 1 beat) Em (1 beat) A (1 beat) D strumed slowly.

[Intro]
G D Bm G A D

[Verse 1]
D Dmaj7
I never once backed down from a punch
D7 G
Well, I'd take it square on the chin
Gm D      Bm
Well I found out fast, a bully’s just that
G             Em A
And you’ve got to stand up to him
D Dmaj7
So I didn't cry when I got a black eye
D7 G
As bad as it hurt I just grinned
Gm D      Bm
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
Well I'd fall everytime you fell down
Bm    G F#
your first day at school, I cried like a fool
Em A
I followed your school bus to town

[Chorus]
D Dmaj7
Well I didn't cry when old Yeller died
D7 G
At least not in front of my friends
Gm D C# Bm2 A
But when tough little boys grow up to be Dads
G A D
They turn into big babies again

[Interlude]
Gm   D C# Bm2 A G   A   D

[Verse 2]
D Dmaj7
Well I'm a grown man but as strong as I am
D7 G
Well sometimes it's hard to believe
Gm D      Bm
How one little girl with little blonde curls
G       Em A
Can totally terrify me
D Dmaj7
If you were to ask, my wife would just laugh
D7 G
She'd say I know all about men
Gm D       Bm
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 F#
But when I get home and I'm all alone
Em A
I'll sit in your room for a while

[Chorus]
D Dmaj7
Well I didn't cry when old Yeller died
D7 G
At least not in front of my friends
Gm D C# Bm2 A
But when tough little boys grow up to be Dads
G A D
They turn into big babies again
Gm D C# Bm   A
When tough little boys grow up to be Dads
G A D
They turn into big babies again

[Outro]
G D C# Bm A G Em A D