Grown Men Don't Cry

[ Capo 3 ]

Intro: G  D  Am7  C (x2)

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I pulled into the shopping center
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And saw a little boy wrapped around the legs of his mother
      G                 D
Like ice cream melting they embraced
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Years of bad decisions runnin' down her face
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All mornin' I'd been thinkin' my life's so hard
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And they wore everything they own, livin' in a car
   G         D                Am7  C
I wanted to tell him it would be okay
               G            D            Am7    C
But I got just got in my suburban and I drove away

Chorus -------------
G   D            Am7           C               G  D  Am7  C  G
And I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
D            Am7           C          G      D  Am7  C
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
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      G                 D
Keep having this dream about my old man
    Am7                     C         G    D  Am7  C
I'm 10 years old, and he's holding my hand
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We're talkin' on the front porch watchin' the sun go down
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But it was just a dream he was a slave to his job and he couldn't be around
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So many things I wanna say to him
            G        D                        Am7   C
But I just placed a rose on his grave, and I talked to the wind

Chorus:
G   D            Am7           C               G  D  Am7  C  G
And I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
D            Am7           C          G         D       Am7  C
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry, don't cry

Instrumental:  Bb    F    Dm  C  Bb  F  D

     G                    D
I'm sittin' here with my kids and my wife
    Am7             C                 G   D  Am7  C
And everything that I hold dear in my life
G                 D
We say grace and thank the Lord
    Am7            C
Got so much to be thankful for
          G         D              Am7                C
Then it's up the stairs and off to bed and my little girl says
G   D             Am7    C
"I haven't had my story yet."
 G           D            Am7         C              G
Everything weighin' on my mind disappears just like that
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When she lifts her head off her pillow and says, "I love you Dad"

G  D  Am7  C  G

D            Am7           C               G  D  Am7  C  G
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
D            Am7           C          G      D  Am7  C
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
G   D            Am7           C               G  D  Am7  C  G
And I don't know why they say grown men don't cry
D            Am7           C          G         D       Am7  C
I don't know why they say grown men don't cry, don't cry

Outro: G  D (x3)
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