Briefcase chords by
Lori Mckenna And Walker Hayes

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Key: B major•

Verse 1
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I hated when dad picked
up his briefcase
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'Cause that meant that he was leavin'
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G#m G#m 4
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B B 2
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But I loved the sound that his
keychain made
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When he got home in the evenin'
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I

Verse 2
was always sad, mom was always mad
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Most nights he showed up late
G#m G#m 4
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Set his briefcase down like it
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didn't weigh a pound
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No, I never understood the weight
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B B 2
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But momma always left him a plate

Verse 3
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Eighteen, said I'ma be anythin'
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B B 2
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But just like my old man
G#m G#m 4
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F# F# 2
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Sellin' houses to all those fam ilies
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While his family sat
B B 2
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at home missin' him
Got sick of playin' ball games watchin'
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B B 2
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All the other dads watch their kids
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F# F# 2
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So I picked up a guitar case 'cause
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B B 2
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it wasn't square like his
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Now, I sound like him

Verse 4
and I look like him
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And I walk like him and I talk like him
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And I try to make my wife laugh
G#m G#m 4
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When she's mad 'cause
I love my job like him
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Now, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
F# F# 2
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Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the
D#m D#m 6
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G#m G#m 4
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dream s we chase
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F# F# 2
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I guess a guitar doesn't fall too far
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from a briefcase

Verse 5
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Well, momma cleaned and daddy worked
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B B 2
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And I learned to play the guitar
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F# F# 2
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On    McGregor Court, that's how we
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B B 2
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coped with all our broken hearts
I know I held it against him
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Throwin' that baseball against his steps
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But daddy never held it against me
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'Cause I wasn't a father yet, not yet
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Now, I sound like him and I look like him And I

Verse 6
F# F# 2
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walk like him and I talk like him
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And I try to make my kids laugh
G#m G#m 4
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When they're sad
and it's all my fault like him
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Now, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
F# F# 2
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Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the
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dreams we chase
F# F# 2
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E E 
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I guess a guitar doesn't fall
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B B 2
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too far from a briefcase
G#m G#m 4
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It's a blessing and a curse

Verse 7
in
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this case I carry around
B B 2
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Every time I pick it up, my kids say,
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"Daddy put it down"
G#m G#m 4
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And I see me in them an
E E 
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d I feel him in me
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Like the cats in the cradle
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and the apples in the trees
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F# F# 2
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And I just smile when somebody says
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That I sound like him and I look like him And I

Verse 8
F# F# 2
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walk like him and I talk like him
B B 2
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G#m G#m 4
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And I run to the father when I hate
nothin' at all like him
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Yeah, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
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Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the
G#m G#m 4
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dreams we chase
F# F# 2
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E E 
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I guess a guitar doesn't fall
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B B 2
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E E 
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too far from the briefcase