J Roddy Walston And The Business Boys Can Never Tell chords

Boys Can Never Tell by J Roddy Walston And The Business

The tabs I submit are ones I've figured out on an acoustic guitar, as that's all 
that I play. I think this sounds great acoustic, and since it is a softer song, 
might be the most appropriate way. For the F chord, you could use either 
1-3-3-2-1-1 or x-x-3-2-1-0. I alternate with both, as sometimes one feels more 
comfortable to transition into than the other. Get lost in it and do what feels 
right. Enjoy.


Chords used:

      C     G     F    Am
e-|---0-----3-----1-----3---|
B-|---1-----3-----1-----3---|
G-|---0-----0-----2-----3---|
D-|---2-----0-----3-----3---|
A-|---3-----2-----3-----5---|
E-|---x-----3-----1-----3---|


Intro - C for 4 bars (playing with the high e string held down on the 3rd fret 
doesn't sound bad for this part)


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