Key: B major•
Verse 1
up his briefcase
B
G#m
B
But I loved the sound that his
keychain made
Verse 2
was always sad, mom was always mad
E
B
Most nights he showed up late
E
B
No, I never understood the weight
E
B
But momma always left him a plate
Verse 3
E
B
But just like my old man
G#m
F#
Sellin' houses to all those fam ilies
Got sick of playin' ball games watchin'
E
B
All the other dads watch their kids
G#m
F#
So I picked up a guitar case 'cause
E
B
it wasn't square like his
Verse 4
and I look like him
I love my job like him
D#m
G#m
dream s we chase
E
F#
I guess a guitar doesn't fall too far
Verse 5
E
B
And I learned to play the guitar
G#m
F#
On McGregor Court, that's how we
E
B
coped with all our broken hearts
I know I held it against him
E
B
Throwin' that baseball against his steps
G#m
F#
But daddy never held it against me
E
B
'Cause I wasn't a father yet, not yet
E
Now, I sound like him and I look like him And I
Verse 6
F#
walk like him and I talk like him
and it's all my fault like him
F#
E
I guess a guitar doesn't fall
F#
B
too far from a briefcase
Verse 7
in
E
F#
And I just smile when somebody says
E
That I sound like him and I look like him And I
Verse 8
F#
walk like him and I talk like him
B
G#m
And I run to the father when I hate
nothin' at all like him
F#
E
I guess a guitar doesn't fall
F#
B
E
too far from the briefcase
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E G#m F# D#m
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