#------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #---------------------------------------------------------------------# TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES ******************************************************************************** Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini Date: September 10, 1997 Subject: Bobby by Reba McEntire Album: For My Broken Heart Written by : Reba McEntire, Don Schlitz BOBBY Reba McEntire Intro Eb fingerpicking Bb Eb Bb Bobby pleaded guilty to the charges that they read Bb Eb Cm F As they led him from the courtroom, a young voice turned his head Eb Gm Eb 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." Bb Eb Bb They locked Bobby in a jail with forty other men Bb Eb Cm F They all knew what he had done, and they were glad to take him in Eb Gm Eb 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 Eb Day after day, he sat alone Cm F Night after night, they'd hear him sing song (he'd sing) CHORUS: Bb Eb Cm Bb Baby, I'll take care of you, I'll never let you down Bb Eb Cm F No harm will ever come to you as long as I'm around Gm Eb Gm I am not afraid of what people say or do Cm Eb F Bb Eb Bb Eb The only thing I fear is being here... without you. Bb Eb Bb The little boy dressed in blue grew up to be a man Bb Eb Cm F When he fell in love himelf, he came to understand Eb Gm Eb How it was the Bobby took the life they both adored Cm F Cause Bobby couldn't stand to see her suffer anymore Bb Eb Bb He took out the papers from the trunk beneath his bed Bb Eb Cm F And all the years just disappeared as through his tears he read Eb Gm Eb 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 Eb and the one about the man who sits alone Cm F Year after year, singin his song go to chorus Bb Eb Bb The young man drove his car up, and parked outside the gate Bb Eb Cm F They led him to a cold grey room, the guard told him to wait Eb Gm Eb 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 Eb 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 Bb Eb Cm Bb Daddy, I'll take care of you, I'll never let you down Bb Eb Cm F No harm will ever come to you as long as I'm around Gm Eb Gm You have taught me not to fear what people say or do Cm Eb F Bb Eb Bb The only thing that hurts is being here..without you.