{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1794029,"song":"While I Was Away","artist":"Pat Green","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11395016-while-i-was-away-chords-by-pat-green/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1794029?type=chord","rating":4.92676,"votes":63,"content":"[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy the time I made it home[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou were already in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nChubby cheek pressed to your pillow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy a bedtime book you'd read[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I noticed that you looked older[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThan you did yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou've been growin' up[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile I was away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou made a pile of leaves in the front yard[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI guess it's already fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the look of those pictures your momma took[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe two of you had a ball[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it made me glad but a little sad[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo see those games you play[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI missed a lot of smiles[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile I was away[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd for every dollar I earn[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthere's a lesson you learn without me there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd every day I'm on the go I'm prayin' that you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyour daddy cared[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause the hardest part about workin' hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nain't the bills I gotta pay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's you growin' up while I was away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I found your note in the kitchen[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's a real work of art[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA stickman holding your stick hand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith \"Daddy\" written in a heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it got me good 'cause I understood[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust what you meant to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou've been missin' me too[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile I was away[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd for every dollar I earn[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthere's a lesson you learn without me there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd every day I'm on the go I'm prayin' that you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyour daddy cared[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause the hardest part about workin' hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nain't the bills I gotta pay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's you growin' up while I was away[/tab]\r\n\r\nTag:\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou know the hardest part about workin' hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAin't the bills I gotta pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's everything I missed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile I was away[/tab]","plain_text":"Chorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTag:","chords":["C","Am","G","C/B","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}