Stopping By - Jason Isbell

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Stopping By chords

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(Drum intro)

C#m   A    E x2

C#m          A              E              (B)
Driving to a baseball game, on a Friday afternoon
C#m          A                E        E
Hotter than Hell in Atlanta, Georgia 
C#m              A        E           (B)
Guess it's been 15 years since I came through here
C#m          A                 E          E
Probably should have called to warn you
                    B              A
But I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy

(C#m) break 1 measure

C#m          A                 E            (B)
How did your life turned out? Do you ever think about
C#m         A         E            E
teenage girl in Chattannoga…
C#m             A               E                (B)
Ever tell your folks the truth?,that might been the last of you
C#m          A                E                 E
It would have been a shame we hardly knew you
B A Now I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy (C#m) break 1 measure C#m A E E Think the best of me is still standing in the doorway C#m A E E Counting cars and counting days and counting years C#m A E E I could say you made me go through life the hard way B A It might have been worse if you were here C#m A E (B) Looking through a picture book, this one I think my mama took C#m A E E You couldn't have been much over 20 C#m A E (B) You're shirtless in your cut off jeans and hand a lollypop to me C#m A E E Probably asked where you got the money C#m A E (B) Picture on another page, I recognize my eyes have aged C#m A E E I'd been alone for quite a while then C#m A E (B) Trying to get a match to burn, waiting on a latch to turn C#m A E E I still have difficulty smiling B A But I'm stopping by, I'm stopping by, Daddy (C#m) break 1 measure C#m A E E Think the best of me is still standing in the doorway C#m A E E Whatever's left is headed south on 85 C#m A E E Passing families on vacation headed your way B A They look so happy and alive, that I'm stopping by, Daddy Outro: 4 bars of riffing on C#m I think