Intro Eb fingerpicking

Bb (x1333x@1)                          Eb (x43121@3)             BbBobby (x1333x@1)pleaded guilty to the charges that they read
         Bb (x1333x@1)                          Eb (x43121@3)        Cm (x3101x@1)       FAs (133211@1)they led him from the courtroom, a young voice turned his head
    Eb (x43121@3)                             Gm (355333@1)           EbA (x43121@3)little boy, dressed in blue, was standing at the rail
        Cm (x3101x@1)                                     FHe (133211@1)said "I hope they kill you. I hope you go to hell."
Bb (x1333x@1)                              Eb (x43121@3)       BbThey (x1333x@1)locked Bobby in a jail with forty other men
          Bb (x1333x@1)                                 Eb (x43121@3)    Cm (x3101x@1)    FThey (133211@1)all knew what he had done, and they were glad to take him in
        Eb (x43121@3)                            Gm (355333@1)          EbThey'd (x43121@3)all seen in the headlines about Bobby and his wife
Cm (x3101x@1)                                            FHow (133211@1)they loved each other, and how he took her life
Gm (355333@1)                   EbDay (x43121@3)after day, he sat alone
Cm (x3101x@1)                                     FNight (133211@1)after night, they'd hear him sing song (he'd sing)

CHORUS:
Bb (x1333x@1)             Eb (x43121@3)              Cm (x3101x@1)          BbBaby, (x1333x@1)I'll take care of you, I'll never let you down
Bb (x1333x@1)               Eb (x43121@3)       Cm (x3101x@1)             FNo (133211@1)harm will ever come to you as long as I'm around
Gm (355333@1)       Eb (x43121@3)                       GmI (355333@1)am not afraid of what people say or do
Cm (x3101x@1)                           Eb (x43121@3)      F (133211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1) EbBb EbThe (x43121@3)only thing I fear is being here... without you.

Bb (x1333x@1)                                Eb (x43121@3)       BbThe (x1333x@1)little boy dressed in blue grew up to be a man
Bb (x1333x@1)             Eb (x43121@3)            Cm (x3101x@1)       FWhen (133211@1)he fell in love himelf, he came to understand
Eb (x43121@3)                           Gm (355333@1)            EbHow (x43121@3)it was the Bobby took the life they both adored
        Cm (x3101x@1)                                   FCause (133211@1)Bobby couldn't stand to see her suffer anymore
Bb (x1333x@1)                              Eb (x43121@3)             BbHe (x1333x@1)took out the papers from the trunk beneath his bed
    Bb (x1333x@1)                  Eb (x43121@3)           Cm (x3101x@1)               FAnd (133211@1)all the years just disappeared as through his tears he read
      Eb (x43121@3)                        Gm (355333@1)              EbThe (x43121@3)stories of the accident that robbed his mama's mind
Cm (x3101x@1)                                                       F (133211@1)And the man who held her in his arms and chose to cut the line
Gm (355333@1)                                 Eband (x43121@3)the one about the man who sits alone
Cm (x3101x@1)                         FYear (133211@1)after year, singin his song        go to chorus

Bb (x1333x@1)                           Eb (x43121@3)               BbThe (x1333x@1)young man drove his car up, and parked outside the gate
     Bb (x1333x@1)          Eb (x43121@3)                Cm (x3101x@1)              FThey (133211@1)led him to a cold grey room, the guard told him to wait

Eb (x43121@3)                                 Gm (355333@1)              EbWhen (x43121@3)the guard brought Bobby in the young man finally knew
Cm (x3101x@1)                                                 FHe (133211@1)still missed his mama, but he'd missed his daddy too
Gm (355333@1)                                      EbAnd (x43121@3)when the guard left the two of them alone
Cm (x3101x@1)                                                   FHe (133211@1)took Bobby in his arms, and the young man sang his song

Bb (x1333x@1)              Eb (x43121@3)              Cm (x3101x@1)          BbDaddy, (x1333x@1)I'll take care of you, I'll never let you down
Bb (x1333x@1)               Eb (x43121@3)           Cm (x3101x@1)         FNo (133211@1)harm will ever come to you as long as I'm around
Gm (355333@1)               Eb (x43121@3)                           GmYou (355333@1)have taught me not to fear what people say or do
Cm (x3101x@1)                               Eb (x43121@3)    F (133211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)EbBb
The only thing that hurts is being here..without you.