Prodigal Son Chords by Graeme Connors

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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ It [G] was gonna be a long walk home with [C] empty _ pockets _ _
Till he was saved by a trucker with a [C] generous heart _ _ _
A [G] burly blessing who was heading in his [C] _ direction _ _ _ _
_ [D] He breathed a sigh of [G] relief knowing [D] he'd be home within [G] the week
Woah, _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ he was [G] touted as the one most likely to [C] go places _ _ _ _
[G] Everybody knew someday he'd set the world [C] on fire _ _ _ _
[G] This little country town would never [C] _ [G] hold him
[C] _ The _ [D] humidity and [G] the flies flashed [D] with the stars in [G] his eyes
Woah, _ [C] _ _ _ [D] the _ _
_ [G] return of the prodigal son might have [C] gone unnoticed
_ _ If it weren't [G] for the star tattoo and those dead giveaway [C] blue eyes
_ _ If it weren't [G] for the gas station waitress [C] with a _ beautiful _ memory of [G] a night
_ _ Spent [D] by his [C] _ side _ _ _ _ [D] and he dreamed they [G] would come
_ [C] Woah, the [D] return of the [G] prodigal son _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ And [G] considering the years he'd been gone, it was [C] amazing
_ _ _ [E] She [G] recognized him with the beard and the dirty [C] clothes
_ _ _ [G] She dropped her tray of empty coffee [D]
cups [C] and stood there
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[D] He couldn't call her [G] name, but [D] she loved him just the [G] same
Woah, _
_ [C] _ the _ [D] _ _ _
[G] return of the prodigal son might have gone [C] _ unnoticed
_ _ If it [G] weren't for the star tattoo and those dead giveaway [C] blue _ eyes
_ If it weren't [G] for the gas station waitress with [C] a beautiful _ _ memory of a [G] night
_ _ Spent by his [C] side [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G]
and [D] he dreamed they would [G] _ come
_ [C] Woah, the [D] return of the [G] prodigal son _ _ _ might have gone [C] _ unnoticed
_ _ If it weren't [G] for the star tattoo and those dead giveaway [C] blue eyes
_ _ _ If it weren't [G] for the gas station _ waitress with [C] a _ beautiful _ memory of a [G] night
_ _ Spent [D] by his [C] _ side _ _ _ and [D] he dreamed they would [G] _ come
_ [C] Woah, the [D] return of the [G] prodigal son _ _ _ _
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[G] The return _ _ _ _ of the [C] prodigal _ _ son _ _
[G] Woah, _ the return of the prodigal son
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