Had It Been A Boy (Brinley's Song)
Recorded by Cody Hibbard
Album: Long Ride In A Short Bed (2024)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
|(C) / / / |(C) / / / |(F) / / / |(F) / /
 
(Verse)
Had it been a (C)boy
My (C)hands might not have been shakin' so (F)bad
(F)Staring at my future through that (Am)glass
With no lookin' back (G)
Had it been a (C)boy
I'd (C)known exactly what I's suppose to do (F)
I'd have (F)raised him up to follow in my (Am)boots
I'd known all the (G)rules

(Chorus)
But had it been a (F)boy, I woulda never learned how
(F) To take a minute and slow down
(C) Put a flower in a halo braid
(C) I'd look at everything a different way
(F) I would have never learned to talk sweet
(F) Or live up to what she sees in (G)me
(Am) Pink or blue would have (G)been my pride (F) and joy
But I wouldn't be the (F)man I am (G)

(Verse)
Had it been (C) a boy
I'd (C)probably still be thinkin' I was (F)tough
And not (F)lookin' at her smilin', tearin' up (Am)
But thank God 'cause (G)

(Chorus)
Had it been a (F)boy, I woulda never learned how
(F) To take a minute and slow down
(C) Put a flower in a halo braid
(C) I'd look at everything a different way
(F) I would have never learned to talk sweet
(F) Or live up to what she sees in (G)me
(Am) Pink or blue would have (G)been my pride (F) and joy
(F) But I wouldn't be the man I am
(G) Had it been (C) a boy

(Break)
(G) I wouldn't sit here and dread the day
She's (Am)walking down the aisle with a rose bouquet
Saying (G)Daddy, it'll be okay

(Chorus)
But had it been a (F)boy, I woulda never learned how
(F) To take a minute and slow down
(C) She's the reason that I learned to pray
(C) Straighten up and change my ways
(F) I would have never learned to talk sweet
(F) Or live up to what she sees in (G)me
(Am) Pink or blue would have (G)been my pride (F) and joy
(F) But I wouldn't be the man I am
(G) Had it been (C) a boy

(Outro.)
Yeah, had it been (F) a boy (F) (G) (C) - - - - -