Chords for Grown Men Don't Cry

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[Bb] I pulled into the [F] shopping center and saw a little [Eb] boy wrapped around [Bb] the legs of his [C] mother
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[Bb] Like ice cream [F] melting they [Cm] embraced, years of [Eb] bad decisions running [Bb] down her [F] face
[Cm] All [Eb] _ _
[Bb] morning [F] I'd been thinking my life's so [Eb] hard and they wore [Bb] everything they owned, [F] living in a [Cm] car
I [Eb] _ _
[Bb] wanted [F] to tell them it [C] would be [Eb] okay but I [Bb] just got in [F] my Suburban and I [Eb] drove away
[Bb] _ _ [F] I [Cm] don't know why they [Eb] say grown [Bb] men don't cry
[F] I [Eb] _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] keep _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] having this [F] dream about my old [Cm] man, I'm ten years [Eb] old and he's holding [Bb] my hand
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[Bb] We're talking on [F] the front porch [C] watching the sun go [Eb] down but it was [Bb] just a dream
He was [F] a slave to his [C] job and he couldn't be around _
[Bb] So [F] many things I [C] want to say [Eb] to him but I [Bb] just placed [F] a rose on his [Cm] grave and I [C] talked to the [Bb] wind
[F] I don't [Cm] know why they [Eb] say grown [Bb] men don't cry
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[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] I'm _ _
[Db] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] sitting here with [F] my kids and my [Cm] wife and everything [Eb] that I hold dear [Bb] in my [F] life _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] We say [F] grace and thank the Lord, got so [Eb] much to be thankful [Bb] for
Then it's up [F] the stairs and [C] off to bed and my [Eb] little girl [Bb] says
I [F] haven't had [Cm] my story [Eb] yet
[Bb] And everything [F] weighing on my [C] mind disappears just [Bb] like that
When she [F] lifts her head off her [Cm] pillow [G] and says
I love you dad
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