Stopping By

[C#m]   [A]    [E] x2

[C#m]Driving to a [A]baseball game, [E]on a Friday afte[B]rnoon
[C#m]Hotter than H[A]ell in Atlanta, G[E]eorgia   [E]
[C#m]Guess it's been 1[A]5 years s[E]ince I came t[B]hrough here
[C#m]Probably shou[A]ld have called to [E]warn you   [E]
But I'm stopping by,[B] I'm stopping b[A]y, Daddy

 C

[C#m]How did your [A]life turned out? D[E]o you ever thi[B]nk about
[C#m]teenage girl[A] in Chatta[E]nnoga        [E]

[C#m]Ever tell your f[A]olks the truth?,[E]that might been th[B]e last of you
[C#m]It would have[A] been a shame we [E]hardly knew you   [E]
Now I'm stopping by[B], I'm stopping by[A], Daddy

 C

[C#m]Think the best of me is stil[A]l standing in the[E] doorway     [E]
[C#m]Counting cars and counting[A] days and counting y[E]ears        [E]
[C#m]I could say you made me go[A] through life the [E]hard way      [E]
It might have been w[B]orse if you were here  [A]

[C#m]Looking through a [A]picture book, t[E]his one I think m[B]y mama took
[C#m]You couldn't have[A] been much over[E] 20            [E]
[C#m]You're shirtless in your [A]cut off jeans and [E]hand a lollyp[B]op to me
[C#m]Probably asked w[A]here you got the mon[E]ey          [E]
[C#m]Picture on ano[A]ther page,[E] I recog[B]nize my eyes have aged
[C#m]I'd been alon[A]e for quite a[E] while then[E]
[C#m]Trying to get a [A]match to burn,[E] waiting on a la[B]tch to turn
[C#m]I still have d[A]ifficulty smiling[E]        [E]
But I'm stopping by[B], I'm stopping by,[A] Daddy

 C

[C#m]Think the best o[A]f me is still standi[E]ng in the do[E]orway
[C#m]Whatever's [A]left is he[E]aded south o[E]n 85
[C#m]Passing fa[A]milies on vac[E]ation headed[E] your way
They look so happy and aliv[B]e, that I'm stopping by[A], Daddy

4 bars of riffing on C