Chords for Kenny White - Call Me When You're On Your Way

Dancing 43 on a three day furlough.
[Gb] He came home, three days.
They got married, he shipped out for the next two years.
She not knowing most of that time
whether he was dead [C] or alive.
He came back and they made up [F] for it big time.
They were _ [Gb] together for just a couple _ [F] years.
_ And when I say [G] together, they worked in the same factory.
He was [F] in a factory shipping for him
and [Gb] then the factory split upstairs.
So they ate three meals a day together,
five days a week, played golf on weekends,
never took a separate vacation.
They were joined at the hip for 60 [E] years.
Proving two things.
One, it was a simpler time.
[N] Two, not all genes are hereditary. _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] They're both New Yorkers as am [Gb] I.
I was born there.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
[B] My mom came to visit that summer.
I took her out to a couple [Em] of boutiques
in my neighborhood, which are [Gb] pricey,
but because she used to like to shop and look.
So she still likes to [F] shop and look.
All [Ab] of a sudden I hear in [F] this boutique,
Kenneth Paul, $200 for dungarees.
_ [G] And it would have embarrassed me,
except I knew [Gb] that none of the sales people there
had any idea what dungarees were.
[Bb] _ _
[F] She _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] said, this shirt looks like it needs
to be laundered [F] already.
And I said, yeah, that's why it's, you know.
[Abm] Then she went away to another store.
She goes, sees these like six inch [Em] heels in the window.
Like these diamond [Gb] studs.
And I'm looking at her.
I said, what's she gonna say?
She's looking at that.
I'm waiting for [F] her.
She turns to me, she said, I would sell my soul for that.
I was like, [C] okay. _ _
That's not what I expected.
_ [F] _ _ [D] _
She said, I'd probably fall down.
I said, probably?
Fall down on your rock [F] porch. _ _
_ _ [Cm] My [Am] _ [G] dad passed away about eight years ago
and she's starting to lose her memory big time.
She has for about six.
[Bbm] I can't remember anything with the present tense,
[G] but she lives in Fort Lauderdale
and nobody notices, so.
[F] But I wrote this song for her.
_ _ _ Found my keys in the [C] door, left my bag at the store.
Now I'm thinking of first [Bb] grade from out of the [F] blue.
Bunch of pills in the drawer, not a clue what they're for
But I'm sure that the last [Bb] time I took them I knew
[C] Time's such a crook, unless the good [Bb] book
Fools you into thinking that you'll be okay
_ It's a fictional [C] place, but you know, [Bb] just in case
Here's my number, call me when you're on your [F] way _
I remember each ride that he rode from the front line
Now 60 years [Bb] later, if I could still have
What he [F] asked me to say where I had lunch today
And I swear [C] I can't tell [Bb] you, and I'll just get mad
[C] But I'd do it all again, I might rewrite the end
[Bb] To where I go in this [C] tiny state
Hey, if you have a [F] mind to come visit [Bb] sometime
I'd love it, call me when you're on your way
_ [F] And if I'm [Gm] not here when you come, [Dm] stay out of the sun
And [F] don't trust anyone who'd wear a toupee
Keep your eye on the [Dm] weather, still carry a sweater
And [Bb] find a girl you can be good to some day
_ _ Hey, don't worry [F] now, I'm as tough as they come
And I know how you [Bb] are with these matters
[C] It's a bitch getting old, need more light
Always cold and afraid, when I fall [Bb] I will shatter
[C] But if death came tonight, I'd be swimming in light
All of my debt finally paid
[F] And then I would drip dry in the sweet by and by
[Bb] But call me when you're on your way
Hey, I didn't [C] leave you a treat
What [F] does death like to eat?
But listen, [C] call me when you're on your way
Hey, hey,