Pat Green – While I Was Away (Guitar)

       C
By the time I made it home

         Am
You were already in bed

G
Chubby cheek pressed to your pillow

      G                C
By a bedtime book you'd read

      C
And I noticed that you looked older

    Am
Than you did yesterday

             G
You've been growin' up

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While I was away

         C
You made a pile of leaves in the front yard

         Am
I guess it's already fall

G
By the look of those pictures your momma took

     G                C
The two of you had a ball

       C
And it made me glad but a little sad

   Am
To see those games you play

           G
I missed a lot of smiles

G            C
While I was away

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And for every dollar I earn

          F                    C
there's a lesson you learn without me there

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And every day I'm on the go I'm prayin' that you know

       G
your daddy cared

            C
'Cause the hardest part about workin' hard

           Am
ain't the bills I gotta pay

      G                           C
It's you growin' up while I was away

        C
And I found your note in the kitchen

      Am
It's a real work of art

  G
A stickman holding your stick hand

 G                         C
With "Daddy" written in a heart

     C
And it got me good 'cause I understood

     Am
Just what you meant to say

             G
You've been missin' me too

            C
While I was away

     C/B    Am
And for every dollar I earn

          F                    C
there's a lesson you learn without me there

     C/B    Am                    F
And every day I'm on the go I'm prayin' that you know

       G
your daddy cared

            C
'Cause the hardest part about workin' hard

           Am
ain't the bills I gotta pay

      G                           C
It's you growin' up while I was away

              C
You know the hardest part about workin' hard

           Am
Ain't the bills I gotta pay

      G
It's everything I missed

        C
While I was away