[Intro: ]
Am Am/E Am Am 
Am Am/E Am E7 

verse 1 

 Am     Dm        Am 
Weary blues from waitin' 
 Am              B7          E7 
Lord, I've been waitin' too long 
        Am        Dm     Am     D7 
These blues have got me cryin' 
Am                  E7          Am    D7 
  Oh, sweet daddy, please come home 


verse 2 

     Am          Dm       Am 
The snow falls 'round my window 
    Am                 E7 
But it can't chill my heart 
 Am            Dm       Am      D7 
Lord knows it died the day you left 
          Am    E7     Am   D7 
My dream world fell a part. 


verse 3 

 Am     Dm        Am 
Weary blues from waitin' 
 Am              B7          E7 
Lord, I've been waitin' too long 
        Am        Dm     Am     D7 
These blues have got me cryin' 
Am                  E7          Am    D7 
  Oh, sweet daddy, please come home 
Am                  E7          Am (This chords is the first beat of solo structure.) 
  Oh, sweet daddy, please come home 


TRUMPET SOLO (same as verses) 
Am Dm Am Am 
Am B7 E7 E7 
Am Dm Am D7 
Am E7 Am D7 


verse 4 
      Am      Dm          Am 
Thru tears I watch young lovers 
Am                   E7 
As they go strollin' by 
Am           Dm          Am         D7 
Oh, all the things that might have been 
Am            E7     Am     D7 
God forgive me if I cry. 


Verse 5 

 Am     Dm        Am 
Weary blues from waitin' 
 Am              B7          E7 
Lord, I've been waitin' too long 
        Am     Dm        Am     D7 
These blues have got me cryin' 
Am           E7                 Am    D7 
  Oh, sweet daddy, please come home 
Am                  E7          Am 
  Oh, sweet daddy, please come home