While I Was Away chords by Pat Green

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
By the time I made it home
     Am
You were already in bed
G
Chubby cheek pressed to your pillow
   G        C
By a bedtime book you'd read

   C
And I noticed that you looked older
  Am
Than you did yesterday
       G
You've been growin' up
  G      C
While I was away

     C
You made a pile of leaves in the front yard
     Am
I guess it's already fall
G
By the look of those pictures your momma took
   G        C
The two of you had a ball

    C
And it made me glad but a little sad
  Am
To see those games you play
      G
I missed a lot of smiles
G      C
While I was away

Chorus:
    C/B  Am
And for every dollar I earn
     F          C
there's a lesson you learn without me there
   C/B  Am          F
And every day I'm on the go I'm prayin' that you know
    G
your daddy cared
      C
'Cause the hardest part about workin' hard
      Am
ain't the bills I gotta pay

   G              C
It's you growin' up while I was away

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

Chorus:

   C/B  Am
And for every dollar I earn
     F          C
there's a lesson you learn without me there
   C/B  Am          F
And every day I'm on the go I'm prayin' that you know
    G
your daddy cared
      C
'Cause the hardest part about workin' hard
      Am
ain't the bills I gotta pay

   G              C
It's you growin' up while I was away

Tag:
       C
You know the hardest part about workin' hard
      Am
Ain't the bills I gotta pay
   G
It's everything I missed
    C