Intro
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[Verse 1]
G
5 GM bags are packed
F
Don't know when he's coming back home again
G
Gives the kids a kiss goodbye
F
She's holding back the urge to cry, hoping
Am
Wishing there's something that
F
She can do other than hold him
G
He wiped her eyes, said "It's time."
F G
Under the doorway she told him
[Chorus]
F G
Call me when you get there
Am C
Tell me you got there safe
F G
I'll be waitin' right here
Am C
Can't wait to hear you say
F
That everything is goin' fine
G
You made it there and you're alive
Am G C
Ya know I'll be missin' your face
F G
See you soon and take care
F G Am G
'N call me when you get there
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
G
She's seventeen, college bound
F
Doesn't need her dad around no more
G
His heart's about to leave his chest
F
Crazy how fast they get older
Am
Seems like it was yesterday
F
That he first got to hold her
G
He wiped her eyes, said "It's time."
F G
Under the doorway he told her
[Chorus]
F G
Call me when you get there
Am C
Tell me you got there safe
F G
I'll be waitin' right here
Am C
Can't wait to hear you say
F
That everything is goin' fine
G
You made it there and you're alive
Am G C
Ya know I'll be missin' your face
F G
See you soon and take care
F G Am G
'N call me when you get there
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
G
Sixty years side by side
F
Still feels like he stole her
G
Through the best, through the worst
F
Just feels lucky to know her
Am
"And when this ride ends
F G
If you go first," he told her
[Chorus]
F G
Call me when you get there
Am C
Tell me you got there safe
F G
I'll be waitin' right here
Am C
Can't wait to hear you say
F
That everything is goin' fine
G
You made it there and you're still mine
Am G C
Ya know I'll be missin' your face
F G
See you soon and take care
F G Am G
'N call me when you get there
[Interlude]
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[Tag]
F G Am G
Call me when you get there
[Outro]
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