Homecoming

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I guess I should've written, Dad, to
 let you know that I was coming home
A
I've been gone so many years, I 
didn't realize you had a phone
E
I saw your cattle coming in, boy 
they're looking mighty fat and slick
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I saw Fred at the service station, 
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told me that his wife is awful sick
E
You heard my record on the radio, 
oh, well it's just another song
A
But I've got a hit recorded and 
it'll be out on the market 'fore too
 long
E
I got this ring in Mexico, no, it 
didn't cost me quite a bunch
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When you're in the business that 
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I'm in, the people call it puttin' 
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up a front
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I know I've lost a little weight, I 
guess I am looking kind of pale
A
If you didn't know me better, Dad, 
you'd think that I'd just gotten out
 of jail
E
No, we don't ever call them beer 
joints, night clubs are the places 
that I work
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You meet a lot of people there, 
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but no, there ain't much chance of 
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gettin' hurt
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I'm sorry that I couldn't be there 
with you all when Momma passed away
B
I was on the road and when they came
 and told me it was just too late
F#
I drove by the grave to see her, 
boy, that really is a pretty stone
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I'm glad that Fred and Jan are 
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here, it's better than you being 
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here alone
F#
Well I knew you's gonna ask me who 
the lady is that's sleeping in the 
car
B
That's just a girl who works for me 
and, man, she plays a pretty mean 
guitar
F#
We worked in San Antone last night, 
she didn't even have the time to 
dress
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She drove me down from Nashville 
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and to tell the truth I guess she 
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needs the rest
F#
Well, Dad, I gotta go, we got a 
dance to work in Cartersville 
tonight
B
Let me take your number down, I'll 
call you, and I promise you I'll 
write
F#
Now you be good and don't be chasin'
 all those pretty women that you 
know
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And by the way if you see Barbara 
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Walker tell her that I said "Hello."