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Briefcase easy guitar chords by Lori Mckenna And Walker Hayes

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Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

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Capo
  • G

  • C

  • Em

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • C

  • Em

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • Verse 1
    G

    I hated when dad picked

    up his briefcase
    C

    'Cause that meant that he was leavin'
    G
    Em
    G

    But I loved the sound that his

    keychain made
    C

    When he got home in the evenin'
    G
    I
    Verse 2

    was always sad, mom was always mad
    C
    G

    Most nights he showed up late
    Em

    Set his briefcase down like it
    G

    didn't weigh a pound
    C
    G

    No, I never understood the weight
    C
    G

    But momma always left him a plate
    Verse 3
    G

    Eighteen, said I'ma be anythin'
    C
    G

    But just like my old man
    Em
    D

    Sellin' houses to all those families
    C

    While his family sat
    G

    at home missin' him

    Got sick of playin' ball games watchin'
    C
    G

    All the other dads watch their kids
    Em
    D

    So I picked up a guitar case 'cause
    C
    G

    it wasn't square like his
    C
    Now, I sound like him
    Verse 4

    and I look like him
    D

    And I walk like him and I talk like him
    G

    And I try to make my wife laugh
    Em

    When she's mad 'cause

    I love my job like him
    C

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

    Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the
    Bm
    Em

    dreams we chase
    C
    D

    I guess a guitar doesn't fall too far
    G

    from a briefcase
    Verse 5
    G

    Well, momma cleaned and daddy worked
    C
    G

    And I learned to play the guitar
    Em
    D

    On McGregor Court, that's how we
    C
    G

    coped with all our broken hearts

    I know I held it against him
    C
    G

    Throwin' that baseball against his steps
    Em
    D

    But daddy never held it against me
    C
    G

    'Cause I wasn't a father yet, not yet
    C
    Now, I sound like him and I look like him And I
    Verse 6
    D


    walk like him and I talk like him
    G

    And I try to make my kids laugh
    Em

    When they're sad

    and it's all my fault like him
    C

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

    Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the
    Em

    dreams we chase
    D
    C

    I guess a guitar doesn't fall
    D
    G

    too far from a briefcase
    Em
    It's a blessing and a curse
    Verse 7

    in
    C

    this case I carry around
    G

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

    "Daddy put it down"
    Em

    And I see me in them an
    C

    d I feel him in me
    G

    Like the cats in the cradle
    D

    and the apples in the trees
    C
    D

    And I just smile when somebody says
    C
    That I sound like him and I look like him And I
    Verse 8
    D


    walk like him and I talk like him
    G
    Em

    And I run to the father when I hate

    nothin' at all like him
    C

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

    Between feedin' the kids and feedin' the
    Em

    dreams we chase
    D
    C

    I guess a guitar doesn't fall
    D
    G
    C

    too far from the briefcase

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