| C | Fmaj | |
| Well I fo | und a bunch of letters they were w | ritten for the fella |
| G | |
| Who br | oke your Momma's heart |
| C | Fmaj | G | |
| And the env | elope folds sm | elled of her ancient pe | rfume |
| Fmaj | G | |
| I'll bet she didn't k | now |
| C | /b | Am | Fmaj | G | |
| How to res | pond before the bla | nkets of s | now caught him out wan | dering al | one |
| C | |
| With no place to g | o |
| (Fmaj,C) |
| Fmaj | G | |
| And there was stars in the s | ky |
| C | /b | Am | |
| There were ho | uses on the h | ill and there were bo | ttles of pills |
| Fmaj | G | C | |
| That were | easy to buy, k | eep her warm from the o | ncoming storm |
| Well I found them in the north-west corner of the attic in a box |
| Labeled 'Tinsel and Lights' |
| Didn't know what I was looking, maybe just a blanket or artifacts |
| Eisenhower sent him to war |
| He kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart and when he hit |
| the shore, must of been a target for the gunner-men |
| There were stars in the sky |
| And there were bunkers on the hill and there were caskets to fill |
| Where he would lie, shrouded in the red, white and blue with the stripes |
| (Chorus 1) |