C                 G                    F                   C 
If daddy says the mountains come off, you must believe him true 
C               Am           F                 G 
I will build a science, and create a world for you 
Am                F                  G                C 
I'll protect you from yourself, and tendencies you've shown 
C                        G               F                C 
Cuz the world will see a man like you as weak and undergrown 

              F 
But I'm gonna love you son 
                    C 
Even if you love no one 
                     F         C 
This thing you will learn too well 
Am       F     C     Am       F     C 
Boys can never tell, boys can never tell 
Am                   F           G                  C 
You should bite your tongue, and will your words to fail 
G               C 
Boys can never tell 

C                     G            F               C 
You're a lady without warning, and I've been loyal mean 
C                            Am                  F                       G 
This is not the body you were born in, and I can prove it with what I've seen 
Am                  F                G                    C 
So I will raise you tough, build you strong and crown you king 
C               G                 F                  C 
You will put me in the ground and choose yourself a queen 

              F 
But I'm gonna love you son 
                    C 
Even if you love no one 
                     F         C 
This thing you will learn too well 
Am       F     C     Am       F     C 
Boys can never tell, boys can never tell 
Am                   F           G                  C 
You should bite your tongue, and will your words to fail 
G               C 
Boys can never tell 

  Am 
I don't expect you to understand how much it took to care 
  C 
I built you out of, half my blood, and filled your lungs with air 
 Am                                   C 
I only had you to make your mother stay 
 Am                                  C 
But when you came she left, all the same 
  Am 
So I have learned what love is and what it cannot be 
      C 
But I will not speak of it, until you will speak of me 

              F 
But I'm gonna love you son 
                    C 
Even if you love no one 
                     F         C 
This thing you will learn too well 
Am       F     C     Am       F     C 
Boys can never tell, boys can never tell 
Am                   F           G                  C 
You should bite your tongue, and will your words to fail 
G             end on C, ring out 
Boys can never tell