(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

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