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Written by Phil Vassar, recorded by Blackhawk live recording: https://youtu.be/4B1ygqs_ac8 [Intro] E G#m A Bm E G#m A Bm [Verse 1]
I Erecognized the writing on the Bmplain white envelEope I Awondered where she'd G#mwind up befAore she called or wrote The aAnswer's in a ciG#mrcle, with the Bmword 'love' on a sC#mtamp APostmarked F#mBirmingham
[Break] E G#m A Bm E G#m A Bm [Verse 2]
I'Ed have bet on California, 'cause her Bmsister's in Bel AEire AOr I could see SG#meattle, with her Amom and dad up there She never mAentioned AlaG#mbama, so BmI don't undersC#mtand APostmarked F#mBirminghEam Ebm
[Chorus]
A C#mtwo page letter Bmwritten on RaAmada stationary C#mDated BmApril twenty-Atwo She F#masks me not to hate herG#m, says that she was Asorry But Dleavings what she felt she had to F#mdo
[Verse 3]
So the Eday she left she made it Bmtwo hundred miles sEouth Did she Asettle there? Did she mail this note on herG#m way out of tAown? What cAhance is there to G#mfind her, when the oBmnly clue I C#mhave Is Apostmarked F#mBirminghEam? Ebm
[Chorus]
A C#mtwo page letter Bmwritten on RaAmada stationary C#mDated BmApril twenty-Atwo She F#masks me not to hate herG#m, says that she was Asorry But Dleavings what she felt she had to F#mdo
[Verse 4]
Every Eday down by the mailbox, standing Bmon the curb I cheEck The uApper right-hand G#mcorner of every piAece of mail I get Hopin' Athere's that certainG#m circle with the Bmword 'love' on a stampC#m APostmarked F#mBirminghEam
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APostmarked F#mBirminghEam E G#m A Bm E