Postmarked Birmingham Blackhawk
Intro; D--G--A
[D--G--A]
Verse 1
[D]I recognize the writing, on the p[A]lain white
en[D]velope. Bm F#m G
I've wondered where she'd wind up, before
she called or wrote.
The an[G]swer's in a [D]circle, through the [Bm]word
'L[F#m]ove' on a s[G]tamp,
[G]Postmarked[A] Birmingham[D]
Verse 2
I[D]'d have bet on California, 'cause her
[A]sister's in Be[D]l Aire.
or [Bm]I could see [F#m]Seattle, with her m[G]om and dad
up there G D Bm
She never mentioned Alabama, so I don't
[F#m]understa[G]nd.
[G]Postmarked[A] Birmingham[D]
Chorus:
A[Bm] two-page letter wr[F#m]itten on, R[G]amada stationary.
D[Bm]ated Ap[F#m]ril tw[G]enty-two.
Sh[G]e asked me not to hate her, said she's
s[D]orry.
But [C]leavin's what she felt she had t[A]o do.
Turn-around(Bm-A)
[D]So the day she left she made it, two h[A]undred
miles s[D]outh.
[Bm]Did she settle there, did she [F#m]mail this note
on her w[G]ay out of town.
W[G]hat chance is there to [D]find her, when the
[Bm]only [F#m]clue I [G]have is
[G]Postmarked [A]Birmingham[D]
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3
E[D]very day down by the mailbox, standin' [A]on
the curb I c[D]heck.
[Bm]The upper right hand co[F#m]rner, of every p[G]iece of mail I get.
[G]Hopin' there's that certain [D]circle,
Through the[Bm] word 'Love' [F#m]on a s[G]tamp.
P[G]ostmarked [A]Birmingham,[D] [Bm]
P[G]ostmarked [A]Birmingham.[D]
outro D-G-A
Capo on the 1st or 2nd fret
(Thanks to Skeeter for corrections)
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