Bobby Taylor's Father                                                Jim Mohr G                                                               C Lying on the dining room table was an envelope marked Celeste G                        Em                              G                               D Bobby Taylor's mother cried and her tears, they came to rest G                     G7    C                                Am Landing on a letter that she knew would say G                       Em         D            G Bobby Taylor's father is moving away                G                                                    C Well the note said he'd been married for one too many nights               G                         Em            G                     D And the trophies that he carried for one too many fights               G                   G7                       C                            Am Were a bottle of Old Granddad and a thousand hairs of gray G                       Em         D            G Bobby Taylor's father is moving away (chorus) Em                  C                             G                                          D Bobby Taylor cries at night, he's staying with his grandma again              Em                         C                 G                              D He's remembering all the places that he and his daddy's been         G                                 G7                C                       Am The Cowboy's game, the hall of fame, Independence day G                              Em         D             G But Bobby Taylor's father is moving away    G                                                                                      C Along with the note were the keys to the Dodge and a fifty dollar check        G                            Em                           G                                   D His wedding ring and one more thing, the chain from around his neck G                                     G7                            C                                Am It was a gift from her to him, and though he knew it cost way too much G                       Em                    D                      G Bobby Taylor's father's lawyer soon will be in touch (to chorus) G                                                               C Lying on the dining room table was an envelope marked Celeste G                        Em                              G                               D Bobby Taylor's mother cried and her tears, they came to rest G                     G7    C                                Am Landing on a letter that she knew would say G                       Em         D            G Bobby Taylor's father is moving away