While I Was Away chords

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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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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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