Capo 1
Tone [Em]
[Am]Woke up this morning, found a [Bm]letter that she wrote.
[Em]She said she's tired that I'm always on the road.
[Am]Too hard to swallow [Bm]being alone.
[Em]She needs someone at night that she can hold.
[Am]She must have told me a [Bm]thousand times or more.
[Em]Silent cries I used to ignore.
[Am]God knows I love her. [Bm]Didn't mean to hurt [Em]her.
Baby, I'll [Am]be [Bm]sitting here waiting on [Em]you to come home again.
I won't [Am]leave. [Bm]Promise I'll be here [Em]to the very end
By your [Am]side to pro [Bm]tect you and to love you and to [Em]be with you for life.
Come [Am]on, home to [Bm]me, Char [Em]lene.
[Am]She knows I really love [Bm]this old music thing.
[Em]Since I was a child it's been my dream.
[Am]I can support her, [Bm]treat her and spoil her.
[Em]You know: buy her the finer things.
[Am]But I forgot [Bm]about loving her. [Em]Damn the money, diamonds and furs.
[Am]What about the hard [Bm]day she had with the baby?
[Em]All she need is for me to love her.
Baby, I'll [Am]be [Bm]sitting here waiting on [Em]you to come home again.
I won't [Am]leave. [Bm]Promise I'll be here [Em]to the very end
By your [Am]side to pro [Bm]tect you and to love you and to [Em]be with you for life.
Come [Am]on, home to [Bm]me, Char [Em]lene.
[Bm]Promise I can't live without her. [F#m]God knows I need her loving.
[Bm]And it hurts so [F#m]bad that's she gone a [G]way.
I [F#m]hope and pray she'll [Em]come back one day in my [G]life.
Baby, I'll [Am]be [Bm]sitting here waiting on [Em]you to come home again.
I won't [Am]leave. [Bm]Promise I'll be here [Em]to the very end
By your [Am]side to pro [Bm]tect you and to love you and to [Em]be with you for life.
Come [Am]on, home to [Bm]me, Char [Em]lene.