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Intro 2x: C#m A E C#m A E (B)Driving to a baseball game, on a Friday afternoonC#m A E EHotter than Hell in Atlanta, GeorgiaC#m A E (B)Guess it's been 15 years since I came through hereC#m A E EProbably should have called to warn you B ABut I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy(C#m) break 1 measureC#m A E (B)How did your life turned out? Do you ever think aboutC#m A E Eteenage girl in Chattannoga…C#m A E (B)Ever tell your folks the truth?,that might been the last of youC#m A E EIt would have been a shame we hardly knew you B ANow I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy(C#m) break 1 measureC#m A E EThink the best of me is still standing in the doorwayC#m A E ECounting cars and counting days and counting yearsC#m A E EI could say you made me go through life the hard way B AIt might have been worse if you were hereC#m A E (B)Looking through a picture book, this one I think my mama tookC#m A E EYou couldn't have been much over 20C#m A E (B)You're shirtless in your cut off jeans and hand a lollypop to meC#m A E EProbably asked where you got the moneyC#m A E (B)Picture on another page, I recognize my eyes have agedC#m A E EI'd been alone for quite a while thenC#m A E (B)Trying to get a match to burn, waiting on a latch to turnC#m A E EI still have difficulty smiling B ABut I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy(C#m) break 1 measureC#m A E EThink the best of me is still standing in the doorwayC#m A E EWhatever's left is headed south on 85C#m A E EPassing families on vacation headed your way B AThey look so happy and alive, that I'm stopping by, Daddy