B#               F#           G#m            Em
First thing I remember was asking papa, why,
     B#                  G                   B#
For there were many things I didn't know.
                  F#           G#m          E
And daddy always smiled and took me by the hand,
      B#       F#            B#
Saying, someday you'll understand.
(chorus:)        F#                           B#
      Well, I'm here to tell you now, each and every mother's son,
               F#                         B#
      That you better learn it fast, you better learn it young,
             C#m  E         B#
      'Cause someday never comes.

Well, time and tears went by and I collected dust.

For there were many things I didn't know.

When daddy went away, he said, try to be a man,

And someday you'll understand.

      Well, I'm here...

And then one day in April, I wasn't even there,

For there were many things I didn't know.

A son was born to me. Mama held his hand,

sayin' someday you'll understand.

      Well, I'm here...

(change progression:)
G7 

C                G           Am          Fm
Think it was September, the year I went away,
      C                  A6           C
For there were many things I didn't know.
      C                  G        Am           F
And still I see him standing tryin' to be a man,
          C        G            C
I said, someday you'll understand.
                 G                               C  
      Well, I'm here to tell you now, each and every mother's son,
                G                          C  
      That you better learn it fast, you better learn it young,
              Dm7 F6         F
      'Cause someday never comes.

(outro:) 
C Dm7 F6 F  C  Dm  C  Dm