C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)                      AmWhen (x02210@1)our baby Kate was born it was the biggest 
          F (133211@1)  Cday (x32010@1)of my life
                                           GLying (320003@1)there little bows in her hair in the loving

arms of my wife
	  Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)             F (133211@1) CI (x32010@1)was the proudest papa in the U.S.A.
                                        GMaking (320003@1)a living on the road somewhere a thousand 

miles away


         Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)     CIt (x32010@1)was a happy day, but kinda sad.  I wish I coulda
G (320003@1)        Ambeen (x02210@1)there
                F (133211@1)	    G (320003@1)I wish I coulda been there, I wish I coulda been
          Cthere (x32010@1)for that


C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)                       AmLittle (x02210@1)Bobby hit his first home run he was the hero 
                Fof (133211@1)the hometown crowd
C (x32010@1)                                     Gtwo (320003@1)to one it was the winning run  everybody 

was cheering loud
Am (x02210@1)               G (320003@1)                       FAnd (133211@1)mama she would smile and say that he's a chip 
                     Coff (x32010@1)of the old block
                                        GBut (320003@1)I was on the road somewhere between Memphis 

and Little Rock


         Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)     F (133211@1) CIt (x32010@1)was a happy day, but kinda sad.  I wish I coulda 
G (320003@1)        Ambeen (x02210@1)there
                F (133211@1)                         G (320003@1) 
I wish I coulda been there, I wish I coulda been 
          Cthere (x32010@1)for that



C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)Now Bobby and Kate are all grown up and moved 
F (133211@1)  Caway (x32010@1)                                       GThey (320003@1)stay in touch, we're proud of the two good 

kids we raised
         Am (x02210@1)                  G (320003@1)and it's hard to believe we're celebrating our 
F25th (133211@1)year today
C (x32010@1)                                         G (320003@1)             
This party's nice, but the kids aren't here, at 
                          Amleast (x02210@1)they called to say


        G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)Congradulations Mom and Dad. I wish we coulda 
G (320003@1)        Ambeen (x02210@1)there
                 F (133211@1)                          G (320003@1)I wish we coulda been there, I wish we coulda been
          Cthere (x32010@1)for that
         Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)   
It was a happy day, but kinda sad.  I wish they 
       G (320003@1)        Amcoulda (x02210@1)been there
                   F (133211@1)   
I wish they coulda been there, I wish they coulda 
G (320003@1)            Cbeen (x32010@1)there for that.....