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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.
