(Drum intro) C#5 A5 E5 x2 C#5 A5 E5 ( B5 ) Driving to a baseball game, on a Friday afternoon C#5 A5 E5 E5 Hotter than Hell in Atlanta, Georgia C#5 A5 E5 ( B5 ) Guess it's been 15 years since I came through here C#5 A5 E5 E5 Probably should have called to warn you B5 A5 But I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy (C#m ) break 1 measure C#5 A5 E5 ( B5 ) How did your life turned out? Do you ever think about C#5 A5 E5 E5 teenage girl in Chattannoga? C#5 A5 E5 ( B5 ) Ever tell your folks the truth?,that might been the last of you C#5 A5 E5 E5 It would have been a shame we hardly knew you B5 A5 Now I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy (C#m ) break 1 measure C#5 A5 E5 E5 Think the best of me is still standing in the doorway C#5 A5 E5 E5 Counting cars and counting days and counting years C#5 A5 E5 E5 I could say you made me go through life the hard way B5 A5 It might have been worse if you were here C#5 A5 E5 ( B5 ) Looking through a picture book, this one I think my mama took C#5 A5 E5 E5 You couldn't have been much over 20 C#5 A5 E5 ( B5 ) You're shirtless in your cut off jeans and hand a lollypop to me C#5 A5 E5 E5 Probably asked where you got the money C#5 A5 E5 ( B5 ) Picture on another page, I recognize my eyes have aged C#5 A5 E5 E5 I'd been alone for quite a while then C#5 A5 E5 ( B5 ) Trying to get a match to burn, waiting on a latch to turn C#5 A5 E5 E5 I still have difficulty smiling B5 A5 But I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy (C#m ) break 1 measure C#5 A5 E5 E5 Think the best of me is still standing in the doorway C#5 A5 E5 E5 Whatever's left is headed south on 85 C#5 A5 E5 E5 Passing families on vacation headed your way B5 A5 They look so happy and alive, that I'm stopping by, Daddy Outro: 4 bars of riffing on C#m I think Tabbed by foote
