Tom: Bb5

Intro: Eb5 
Fingerpicking 
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Bobby pleaded guilty to the charges that they read
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As they led him from the courtroom , a young voice turned his head
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A little boy, dressed in blue, was standing at the rail
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He said "I hope they kill you. I hope you go to hell."
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They locked Bobby in a jail with forty other men
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They all knew what he had done, and they were glad to take him in
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They'd all seen in the headlines about Bobby and his wife
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How they loved each other, and how he took her life
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Day after day, he sat alone
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Night after night, they'd hear him sing song (he'd sing)

Chorus:
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Baby, I'll take care of you, I'll never let you down
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No harm will ever come to you as long as I'm around
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I am not afraid of what people say or do
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The only thing I fear is being here... without you.


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The little boy dressed in blue grew up to be a man
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When he fell in love himself, he came to understand
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How it was the Bobby took the life they both adored
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Cause Bobby couldn't stand to see her suffer anymore
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He took out the papers from the trunk beneath his bed
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And all the years just disappeared as through his tears he read
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The stories of the accident that robbed his mama's mind
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And the man who held her in his arms and chose to cut the line
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and the one about the man who sits alone
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Year after year, singin his song        

**Chorus
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The young man drove his car up, and parked outside the gate
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They led him to a cold grey room , the guard told him to wait
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When the guard brought Bobby in the young man finally knew
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He still missed his mama, but he'd missed his daddy too
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And when the guard left the two of them alone
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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
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No harm will ever come to you as long as I'm around
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You have taught me not to fear what people say or do
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The only thing that hurts is being here without you.