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