[Intro]  Am C Em D

Am               C                Em           D
I'm so tired of your illusions, rules never change
Am              C          Em                D
And my mind is so abusive, taking on the shapes
Am                          C
When it comes to your love, is it unconditional?
Em                        D
When it comes to my love, anything is fixable
Am                    C                       Em           D
And all these noises, so relentless I need a second to breath

Am                           C
Cause if boys will be boys, we do the best that we can
Em                               D
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
Am                             C
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
Em                                  D
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
C
Fathers watch them go
Em                                 D
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go

Am                     C               Em              D
I'm no longer taking lessons from those who broke before
Am                      C               Em            D
Now that I am done confessing the words that left me sore
Am                              C
When you feel the restless pain, as it crawls out of your heart 
Em                              D
And the thoughts of yesterday bring you to where you are
Am                     C                   Em           D
All these voices, the once controlling, can't contain me

Am                           C
Cause if boys will be boys, we do the best that we can
Em                               D
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
Am                             C
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
Em                                  D
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
C
Fathers watch them go
Em                                 D
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go

Am
Tell me how it feels to win it 
C
Has it gone according to your plan?
Em
Do you wish that you'd forget it?
D
Or, or to feel less like a human?
Am           C          Em
Boys don't cry, not a man am I
D                                 Am
Not a day goes by that I've had to lie
          C                    Em                     D                    Am
I was before since I closed that door and it's all white noise that boys must be boys

Am                           C
Cause if boys will be boys, we do the best that we can
Em                               D
Cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands
Am                             C
Boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes
Em                                  D
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
C
Fathers watch them go
Em                                 D
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
Em                                  D
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go
Am
Fathers watch them go
C
Fathers watch them go
Em                                 D
Mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go