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While I Was Away chords by Pat Green

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While I Was Away
Recorded By Pat Green
Written by Zane Williams
Tabbed By Larry Mofle

Updated by Todd M. Tolbert
12/18/2015

       Chord diagramC majorC
By the time I made it home
         Chord diagramA minorAm
You were already in bed
Chord diagramG+G
Chubby cheek pressed to your pillow
      Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramC majorC
By a bedtime book you'd read

      Chord diagramC majorC
And I noticed that you looked older
    Chord diagramA minorAm
Than you did yesterday
             Chord diagramG+G
You've been growin' up
   Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramC majorC
While I was away

         Chord diagramC majorC
You made a pile of leaves in the front yard
         Chord diagramA minorAm
I guess it's already fall
Chord diagramG+G
By the look of those pictures your momma took
     Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramC majorC
The two of you had a ball

       Chord diagramC majorC
And it made me glad but a little sad
   Chord diagramA minorAm
To see those games you play
           Chord diagramG+G
I missed a lot of smiles
Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC
While I was away

Chorus:
       Chord diagramC/BC/B    Chord diagramA minorAm
And for every dollar I earn
          Chord diagramFF                    Chord diagramC majorC
there's a lesson you learn without me there
     Chord diagramC/BC/B    Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramFF
And every day I'm on the go I'm prayin' that you know
       Chord diagramG+G
your daddy cared
            Chord diagramC majorC
'Cause the hardest part about workin' hard
           Chord diagramA minorAm
ain't the bills I gotta pay

      Chord diagramG+G                           Chord diagramC majorC
It's you growin' up while I was away

        Chord diagramC majorC
And I found your note in the kitchen
      Chord diagramA minorAm
It's a real work of art
  Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA stickman holding your stick hand
 Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramC majorC
With "Daddy" written in a heart
     Chord diagramC majorC
And it got me good 'cause I understood
     Chord diagramA minorAm
Just what you meant to say
             Chord diagramG+G
You've been missin' me too
            Chord diagramC majorC
While I was away

Chorus:

     Chord diagramC/BC/B    Chord diagramA minorAm
And for every dollar I earn
          Chord diagramFF                    Chord diagramC majorC
there's a lesson you learn without me there
     Chord diagramC/BC/B    Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramFF
And every day I'm on the go I'm prayin' that you know
       Chord diagramG+G
your daddy cared
            Chord diagramC majorC
'Cause the hardest part about workin' hard
           Chord diagramA minorAm
ain't the bills I gotta pay

      Chord diagramG+G                           Chord diagramC majorC
It's you growin' up while I was away

Tag:
              Chord diagramC majorC
You know the hardest part about workin' hard
           Chord diagramA minorAm
Ain't the bills I gotta pay
      Chord diagramG+G
It's everything I missed
        Chord diagramC majorC

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