Briefcase chords by
Lori Mckenna And Walker Hayes
Lori Mckenna And Walker Hayes
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Key: B major
Verse 1
G
G

I hated when dad picked
up his briefcase
C
C

'Cause that meant that he was leavin'
G
G

Em
Em

G
G

But I loved the sound that his
keychain made
C
C

When he got home in the evenin'
G
G

I
Verse 2
was always sad, mom was always mad
C
C

G
G

Most nights he showed up late
Em
Em

Set his briefcase down like it
G
G

didn't weigh a pound
C
C

G
G

No, I never understood the weight
C
C

G
G

But momma always left him a plate
Verse 3
G
G

Eighteen, said I'ma be anythin'
C
C

G
G

But just like my old man
Em
Em

D
D

Sellin' houses to all those families
C
C

While his family sat
G
G

at home missin' him
Got sick of playin' ball games watchin'
C
C

G
G

All the other dads watch their kids
Em
Em

D
D

So I picked up a guitar case 'cause
C
C

G
G

it wasn't square like his
C
C

Now, I sound like him
Verse 4
and I look like him
D
D

And I walk like him and I talk like him
G
G

And I try to make my wife laugh
Em
Em

When she's mad 'cause
I love my job like him
C
C

Now, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
D
D

Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the
Bm
Bm

Em
Em

dreams we chase
C
C

D
D

I guess a guitar doesn't fall too far
G
G

from a briefcase
Verse 5
G
G

Well, momma cleaned and daddy worked
C
C

G
G

And I learned to play the guitar
Em
Em

D
D

On McGregor Court, that's how we
C
C

G
G

coped with all our broken hearts
I know I held it against him
C
C

G
G

Throwin' that baseball against his steps
Em
Em

D
D

But daddy never held it against me
C
C

G
G

'Cause I wasn't a father yet, not yet
C
C

Now, I sound like him and I look like him And I
Verse 6
D
D

walk like him and I talk like him
G
G

And I try to make my kids laugh
Em
Em

When they're sad
and it's all my fault like him
C
C

Now, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
D
D

Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the
Em
Em

dreams we chase
D
D

C
C

I guess a guitar doesn't fall
D
D

G
G

too far from a briefcase
Em
Em

It's a blessing and a curse
Verse 7
in
C
C

this case I carry around
G
G

Every time I pick it up, my kids say,
D
D

"Daddy put it down"
Em
Em

And I see me in them an
C
C

d I feel him in me
G
G

Like the cats in the cradle
D
D

and the apples in the trees
C
C

D
D

And I just smile when somebody says
C
C

That I sound like him and I look like him And I
Verse 8
D
D

walk like him and I talk like him
G
G

Em
Em

And I run to the father when I hate
nothin' at all like him
C
C

Yeah, I get it dad, it's a jugglin' act
D
D

Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the
Em
Em

dreams we chase
D
D

C
C

I guess a guitar doesn't fall
D
D

G
G

C
C

too far from the briefcase

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C Em D Bm

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