Tom: Bb5 Intro: Eb5 Fingerpicking Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 Bobby pleaded guilty to the charges that they read Bb5 Eb5 C5 F5 As they led him from the courtroom , a young voice turned his head Eb5 G5 Eb5 A little boy, dressed in blue, was standing at the rail C5 F5 He said "I hope they kill you. I hope you go to hell." Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 They locked Bobby in a jail with forty other men Bb5 Eb5 C5 F5 They all knew what he had done, and they were glad to take him in Eb5 G5 Eb5 They'd all seen in the headlines about Bobby and his wife C5 F5 How they loved each other, and how he took her life G5 Eb5 Day after day, he sat alone C5 F5 Night after night, they'd hear him sing song (he'd sing) Chorus: Bb5 Eb5 C5 Bb5 Baby, I'll take care of you, I'll never let you down Bb5 Eb5 C5 F5 No harm will ever come to you as long as I'm around G5 Eb5 G5 I am not afraid of what people say or do C5 Eb5 F5 Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 Eb5 The only thing I fear is being here... without you. Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 The little boy dressed in blue grew up to be a man Bb5 Eb5 C5 F5 When he fell in love himself, he came to understand Eb5 G5 Eb5 How it was the Bobby took the life they both adored C5 F5 Cause Bobby couldn't stand to see her suffer anymore Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 He took out the papers from the trunk beneath his bed Bb5 Eb5 C5 F5 And all the years just disappeared as through his tears he read Eb5 G5 Eb5 The stories of the accident that robbed his mama's mind C5 F5 And the man who held her in his arms and chose to cut the line G5 Eb5 and the one about the man who sits alone C5 F5 Year after year, singin his song **Chorus Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 The young man drove his car up, and parked outside the gate Bb5 Eb5 C5 F5 They led him to a cold grey room , the guard told him to wait Eb5 G5 Eb5 When the guard brought Bobby in the young man finally knew C5 F5 He still missed his mama, but he'd missed his daddy too G5 Eb5 And when the guard left the two of them alone C5 F5 He took Bobby in his arms, and the young man sang his song Bb5 Eb5 C5 Bb5 Daddy, I'll take care of you, I'll never let you down Bb5 Eb5 C5 F5 No harm will ever come to you as long as I'm around G5 Eb5 G5 You have taught me not to fear what people say or do C5 Eb5 F5 Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 The only thing that hurts is being here without you.