Intro: G Em C D
verse
G
While he's still around
Em
I'm gonna take him out to fish
C
So we can catch up on them stories
D
That we ain't got to yet
G
And while he's still around
Em
I'm gonna make a couple notes
C
About how he's loved my mama
D
Since all those years ago
G
'Cause you never know when the phone is gonna ring sayin'
D
heaven had it out so made you wings
Em
And all those things that you were gonna do
C
Are just teardrops rainin' on a church pew
G
So I'm gonna try to say it before I gotta pray it
D
Hopin' that he's looking down
Em
And tell him that I love him
D G Em C D
While he's still around
Verse
G
While he's still around
Em
We're gonna fix up that old car
C
So one day when it's all mine
D
He'll be there every time it starts
G
And while he's still around
Em
Yeah I wanna meet the one
C
Watch him try and hold them tears back
D
When I see him holdin' my son
G
'Cause you never know when the phone is gonna ring sayin'
D
heaven had it out so made you wings
Em
And all those things that you were gonna do
C
Are just teardrops rainin' on a church pew
G
So I'm gonna try to say it before I gotta pray it
D
Hopin' that he's looking down
Em
And tell him that I love him
D C
While he's still around
bridge
C
I'm gonna try and catch a game with him
D
Take a road trip, get on out of state with him
C
Make every memory I can make with him
D
Live it up, before it's too late with him
G
'Cause you never know when the phone is gonna ring sayin'
D
heaven had it out so made you wings
Em
And all those things that you were gonna do
C
Are just teardrops rainin' on a church pew
G
So I'm gonna try to say it before I gotta pray it
D
Hopin' that he's looking down
Em
And tell him that I love him
D G Em C D
While he's still around