Dropkick Murphys – Bring It Home (Guitar Acoustic)

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Note: * strum once ** calmer strums [Verse 1]
     D*                               Bm*          A*
Bill Jackson's just as good or bad as any man I've seen

     D*                           A*
He's just about as good or bad as either you or me

     D*                                        Bm*        A*
When Bill would come home late at night from a party or a spree

     G*                                  A*
He'd bring his wife an electric gift and here's what Bill would say
[Chorus]
     G                                     D
Good morning dear, good evening dear, good afternoon I say

  G                                         A
I stopped to haven't a friendly chat with a neighbor down the way

       D                       Bm                     A
When I saw her connections and all the things they'll do

  Bm                    A             D
I thought, my dear, I'd buy a few and bring them home for you
[Bridge] D Bm A Bm A D [Verse 2]
  D                       Bm               A
A mixer and a toaster, he plugged into the wall

  D                            A
A stew pot and a coffee pot to boil things you boil

    D                                     Bm                   A
Her home looked like a hardware store, it shined so bright and gay

    G                                      A
And every trip Bill snuck back home, these same old words he'd say
[Chorus]
     G                                     D
Good morning dear, good evening dear, good afternoon I say

  G                                         A
I stopped to haven't a friendly chat with a neighbor down the way

       D                       Bm                     A
When I saw her connections and all the things they'll do

  Bm                    A             D
I thought, my dear, I'd buy a few and bring them home for you
[Bridge] D Bm A D A D Bm A Bm A D [Verse 3]
     D                           Bm               A
This wash machine and wringer to make your linens white

     D                                A
That iron here, that sweeper there to make your work so light

     D                                Bm                 A
This beater here, this heater here, I guess you think me strange

    G                               A
For carrying on my shoulders such a big electric range
[Chorus]
     G                                     D
Good morning dear, good evening dear, good afternoon I say

  G                                         A
I stopped to haven't a friendly chat with a neighbor down the way

       D                       Bm                     A
When I saw her connections and all the things they'll do

  Bm                    A             D
I thought, my dear, I'd buy a few and bring them home for you
[Bridge] D Bm A Bm A D [Verse 4]
    Bm
One winter night the ground was white and covered o'er in sleet

    D
The morning sun, already high as Bill came down the street

     Bm**
When Bill got home his wife was gone, she left this front door note

     A**
Twas with a sickly trembling hand Bill read the words she wrote
[Chorus]
     G**                                   D**
Good morning dear, good evening dear, good afternoon I say

    G**                                             A**
I'm having the friendliest chat of my life with the neighbor down the way

        D*                             Bm*           A*
And I'm checking their connections to see the things they'll do

   Bm*                    A*          Bm*                  N.C.
It occurred they'd make a mighty fine replacement for you

     G                                     D
Good morning dear, good evening dear, good afternoon I say

  G                                      A
I stopped to have a friendly chat with a neighbor down the way

    D                             Bm                     A
I'm checking their connections to see the things they'll do

   Bm                     A           D
It occurred they'd make a mighty fine replacement for you
[Outro] Bm A D