Bobby

Intro D# fingerpicking A# D# A# bobby pleaded guilty to the charges that they read A# D# Cm F as they led him from the courtroom , a young voice turned his head D# Gm D# a little boy , dressed in blue , was standing at the rail Cm F he said "i hope they kill you . i hope you go to hell . " A# D# A# they locked bobby in a jail with forty other men A# D# Cm F they all knew what he had done , and they were glad to take him in D# Gm D# they’d all seen in the headlines about bobby and his wife Cm F how they loved each other , and how he took her life Gm D# day after day , he sat alone Cm F night after night , they’d hear him sing song ( he’d sing ) Chorus : A# D# Cm A# baby , i’ll take care of you , i’ll never let you down A# D# Cm F no harm will ever come to you as long as i’m around Gm D# Gm i Am not afraid of what people say or do Cm D# F A# D# A# D# the only thing i fear is being here . . . without you . A# D# A# the little boy dressed in blue grew up to be a man A# D# Cm F when he fell in love himelf , he came to understand D# Gm D# how it was the bobby took the life they both adored Cm F cause bobby couldn’t stand to see her suffer anymore A# D# A# he took out the papers from the trunk beneath his bed A# D# Cm F and all the years just disappeared as through his tears he read D# Gm D# the stories of the accident that robbed his mama’s mind Cm F and the man who held her in his arms and chose to cut the line Gm D# and the one about the man who sits alone Cm F year after year , singin his song go to Chorus A# D# A# the young man drove his car up , and parked outside the gate A# D# Cm F they led him to a cold grey room , the guard told him to wait D# Gm D# when the guard brought bobby in the young man finally knew Cm F he still missed his mama , but he’d missed his Daddy too Gm D# and when the guard left the two of them alone Cm F he took bobby in his arms , and the young man sang his song A# D# Cm A# Daddy , i’ll take care of you , i’ll never let you down A# D# Cm F no harm will ever come to you as long as i’m around Gm D# Gm you have taught me not to fear what people say or do Cm D# F A# D# A# the only thing that hurts is being here . . without you .