Briefcase Ukulele Chords By Walker Hayes

Briefcase Track Info

• Song: Briefcase
• Artist: Walker Hayes
• Released Date: 20 June 2021

Chords Info

• Tuning: G C E A
• Capo: 4th fret
• Chords: G, C, Em, D

Ukulele Chords

G – 0232 C – 0003 Em – 0402 D – 2220

[Chorus]

G C
 
[Verse 1]

              G
I hated when dad 

picked up his briefcase
             C                 G
'Cause that meant that he was leavin'
G       Em                         
But I loved the sound 
            G
that his keychain made
             C            G
When he got home in the evenin'
        G
I was always sad, mom was always mad
       C                  G
Most nights he showed up late
G        Em                      
Set his briefcase down like 
     G
it didn't weigh a pound
        C                   G
No, I never understood the weight
            G
But momma always left him a plate
 
 
[Verse 2]

G
Eighteen, said I'ma be anythin'
     C                G
But just like my old man
G        Em                      G
Sellin' houses to all those families
            C                         G
While his family sat at home missin' him
      G
Got sick of playin' ball gamеs watchin'
          C                     G
All the other dads watch their kids
G       Em               G              
So I pickеd up a guitar case 
           C                  G
'cause it wasn't square like his
 
 
[Chorus]

        C
Now, I sound like him, 

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
G          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 
                           Em
and feedin' the dreams we chase
            C                  
I guess a guitar doesn't fall 
 D               G
too far from a briefcase
 
 
[Verse 3]

       G
Well, momma cleaned, 

and daddy worked
        C                  G
And I learned to play the guitar
G      Em                  G                 
On McGregor Court, that's how 
               C             G
we coped with all our broken hearts
   G
I know I held it against him
               C                    G
Throwin' that baseball against his steps
G     Em                        G
But daddy never held it against me
           C              G
'Cause I wasn't a father yet, not yet
 
 
[Chorus]

        C
Now, I sound like him, 

and I look like him
       D
And I walk like him, 

and I talk like him
       G
And I try to make my kids laugh
G            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' 
               Em
the dreams we chase
            C                  
I guess a guitar doesn't fall 
 D               G
too far from a briefcase
 
 
[Bridge]

         Em                           
It's a blessing and a curse 
         C
in 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, 
     C
and 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
 
 
[Chorus]

        C
That I sound like him, 

and I look like him
        D
And I walk like him, 

and I talk like him
       G           G                 
And I run to the father 
             Em
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' 
               Em
the dreams we chase
           C                   D                    
I guess a guitar doesn't fall too 
                  G     C  G
far from the briefcase