Chords with lyrics
While I Was Away
Recorded By Pat Green
Written by Zane Williams
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
Updated by Todd M. Tolbert
12/18/2015
C majorC
By the time I made it home
A minorAm
You were already in bed
G+G
Chubby cheek pressed to your pillow
G+G C majorC
By a bedtime book you'd read
C majorC
And I noticed that you looked older
A minorAm
Than you did yesterday
G+G
You've been growin' up
G+G C majorC
While I was away
C majorC
You made a pile of leaves in the front yard
A minorAm
I guess it's already fall
G+G
By the look of those pictures your momma took
G+G C majorC
The two of you had a ball
C majorC
And it made me glad but a little sad
A minorAm
To see those games you play
G+G
I missed a lot of smiles
G+G C majorC
While I was away
Chorus:
C/BC/B A minorAm
And for every dollar I earn
FF C majorC
there's a lesson you learn without me there
C/BC/B A minorAm FF
And every day I'm on the go I'm prayin' that you know
G+G
your daddy cared
C majorC
'Cause the hardest part about workin' hard
A minorAm
ain't the bills I gotta pay
G+G C majorC
It's you growin' up while I was away
C majorC
And I found your note in the kitchen
A minorAm
It's a real work of art
G+G
A augmentedA stickman holding your stick hand
G+G C majorC
With "Daddy" written in a heart
C majorC
And it got me good 'cause I understood
A minorAm
Just what you meant to say
G+G
You've been missin' me too
C majorC
While I was away
Chorus:
C/BC/B A minorAm
And for every dollar I earn
FF C majorC
there's a lesson you learn without me there
C/BC/B A minorAm FF
And every day I'm on the go I'm prayin' that you know
G+G
your daddy cared
C majorC
'Cause the hardest part about workin' hard
A minorAm
ain't the bills I gotta pay
G+G C majorC
It's you growin' up while I was away
Tag:
C majorC
You know the hardest part about workin' hard
A minorAm
Ain't the bills I gotta pay
G+G
It's everything I missed
C majorC