Suitcase Blues chords by Shelby Means

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Beginner

Intro:

G Bm   C   D   Em


Verse:
 G
Driving out of Nashville
 Em
Crying eyes behind the wheel
 C                        G
Hurts so bad every time I go

G
I can't help the way I feel
 Em
After all I made a deal
 Bm                                      D
Thought I'd have much more than this to show

Chorus:
         C
I don't know when I'll be back
        Em
I gotta go
             G
Cackle like Jack

                 Bm
It's a lonesome road
        C
That I choose
        D               Em
Packing up my suitcase blues


Instrumental:
G    Em    C    G


Verse:
  G
Eleven years of paying dues
       Em
Glued rhinesti=ones on my cowboy boots
 C                                    G
Kicking grass of some of Nashville's best

   G
I got a road gig with an all girl string band
 Em
Dragging my bass through foreign lands
 Bm                             D
Hardly home, heart sick and depressed


Chorus:
            C
Oh I don't know when I'll be back
        Em
I gotta go
             G
Cackle like Jack

                 Bm
It's a lonesome road
        C
That I choose
        D               Em
Packing up my suitcase blues


Instrumental:
C   C   Em   G
Bm   C   D   Em


Chorus:
            C
Oh I don't know when I'll be back
        Em
I gotta go
             G
Cackle like Jack

                 Bm
It's a lonesome road
        C
That I choose
        D
Packing u-u-up


Chorus:
         C
I don't know when I'll be back
        Em
I gotta go
             G
Cackle like Jack

                 Bm
It's a lonesome road
        C
That I choose
        D               Em   Em
Packing up my suitcase blues


Outro:
 G
Driving out of Nashville
 Em
Crying eyes behind the wheel
 C                        G
Hurts so bad every time I go

G
I can't help the way I feel
 Em          C           G
After all I made a deal