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C _ _ _ .
By the time I made it home, you
Am were already in bed.
G Chubby cheek pressed to the pillow by a bedtime
C book you'd read _ .
And I noticed that you looked older
Am than you did yesterday.
G Been growing up while I was
C away _ _ .
Made a pile of leaves in the front yard, I
Am guess it's already fall.
C And
G by the look of them pictures your mama took, the two of
C you had a ball.
_ And it made me glad but a little
Am sad to see those games you played.
G I missed a lot of smiles while I was
C away.
For
Am every dollar I
F earned, there's a lesson you
C learned without me there.
For
Am every day I'm on the go,
F I'm praying that you know
G that your daddy cares.
C Cause the hardest part about working
Am hard ain't the bills I gotta pay.
G But you growing up while I
C was away _ .
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Am _ _ _ .
_
G _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ .
And I found your note in the kitchen,
Am it's a real work of art.
G A stick man holding your stick hand with daddy written
C in her heart.
_ And it got me good cause I understood
Am just what you meant to say.
G You'd been a missing need too while I
C was away _ .
And for
Am every dollar I
F earned, there's a lesson you
C learned without me there.
For
Am every day I'm on the go,
F I'm praying that you know
G your daddy cares.
C Cause the hardest part about working
Am hard ain't the bills I gotta pay.
G But you growing up while
C I was away _ .
And the hardest part about working
Am hard ain't the bills I gotta pay.
G Cause everything that I missed while I
C was away _ _ .
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Am _ _ _ .
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G _ _ _
C _ _ _ _ .
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