Key: E
Introduction:
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Driving to a baseball game, on a Friday afternoon
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Hotter than Hell in Atlanta, Georgia
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Guess it's been 15 years since I came through here
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Probably should have called to warn you
B A
But I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy
(C#m) break 1 measure
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How did your life turned out? Do you ever think about
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teenage girl in Chattannoga…
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Ever tell your folks the truth?,that might been the last of you
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It would have been a shame we hardly knew you
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Now I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy
(C#m) break 1 measure
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Think the best of me is still standing in the doorway
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Counting cars and counting days and counting years
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I could say you made me go through life the hard way
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It might have been worse if you were here
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Looking through a picture book, this one I think my mama took
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You couldn't have been much over 20
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You're shirtless in your cut off jeans and hand a lollypop to me
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Probably asked where you got the money
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Picture on another page, I recognize my eyes have aged
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I'd been alone for quite a while then
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Trying to get a match to burn, waiting on a latch to turn
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I still have difficulty smiling
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But I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy
(C#m) break 1 measure
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Think the best of me is still standing in the doorway
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Whatever's left is headed south on 85
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Passing families on vacation headed your way
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They look so happy and alive, that I'm stopping by, Daddy