Chords for Pat Green - While I Was Away (Official Video)

[C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ .
[G] _ _ _ _ [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 _ .
_ _ _ _ _ [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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_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ .
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