Letters From War Mark Schultz
Capo 3
Intro: G, Am7, G/B, C2. X2
[G] [Am7] [G/B] [C2]
She w[Am7]alked to the mailbox, [G/B] [C2]On that bright summerâ??s day
[G] [Am7] [G/B] [C2]
[(G)] [(D)] Found a [G]letter from her son, in a war far away
[G] [Am7] [G/B] [C2] [G]
He spoke of[Am7] the weather [G/B] And[C2] good friends that heâ??d made
[G] [Am7]
Said, â??I[C2]â??ve been thinking â??bout Dad And the life that he had.
[(G)] [(D)] [G]
Thatâ??[G]s why Iâ??m here today.â?? Then at the end he said
[G/D] [Dsus4] [C2]
â??You are wh[Dsus4]at Iâ??m fighting for.[G]â?? I[D/F#]t was t[C2]he f[G/B]irst of his letters from war.
[C2] [D] [C2]
She st[Dsus4]arted writing Your good, and youâ??re brave
What a father [C2/E]that youll be some day[D/F#]
Make it home, [C2]make it safe[Dsus4]
She wro[C2/E]te every night as she prayed[D/F#]
[G] [Am7] [G/B] [C2] [G]
And late in[G/B] December[C2] A day sheâ??ll not forget
[G] [Am7] [G/B] [C2]
Oh, h[(G)]er te[D/F#]ars stained[G] the paper With every word that she read
It said I was up on [G]a hill I was out there alone[Am7]
When the shots all r[G/B]ang out and bombs were explod[C2]ing
[G]Thatâ??s when I saw him He came back for m[D/F#]e
And thou[C2]gh he was captured a man set me free[G/D]
[C2] [D/F#] [G]
And th[G]at man was your son He asked me to write to you
[C2] [Dsus4] [C]
I told him I[Dsus4] would Oh I swore [G]It w[D/F#]as the l[C/E]ast of [B/D]the letters from war
And she prayed [Am7]he was living and kept on believing[G/B]
And wrote[F] every night just to say
You are good, [C2]and youâ??re brave[Dsus4]
What a father [C2/E]that youll be some day[D/F#]
Make it home, [C2]make it safe[Dsus4]
St[C2/E]ill she kept writing each day[D/F#]
[G] And th[Am7]en, two years later,[G/B] [C2]
[G] [Am7] [G/B] [C2]
Autumn lea[Am7]ves all aroun[G/B]d [C2] A car pulled in the driveway
[(G)] [D/F#] [G]
[Am7]And she fell [G/B] t[C2]o the ground And out stepped a captain
[G] [Am7] [G/B] [C2]
Where her boy u[G]sed to stand h[Am7]e said, â??Mom, Iâ??m following orders
[G/B] [C2] [C/E]
[G]
[D/F#] [G] [C/E]
He ran in to hold [C] he[G/B]r and dropped all his bags on the floor
[C] [D7sus4] [G]
Hold[C/E]ing all [G/D]of her [C]lette[G/B]rs from[C] war.
[Dsus4] [G] [D/F#] [C/E] [G/D]
[C]Bring[G/B] him h[C]ome,
[Dsus4] [G] [D/F#] [C/E] [G/D]
[C]Bring[G/B] him h[C]ome,
[Dsus4] [G] [D/F#] [C/E] [G/D]
[C]â?¦ [G/B] G[Am7] [G/B] [C]
Bring him home,
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