Goodnight, Texas - Dearest sarah

Dearest ^AmSarah I'm comp^Gelled to write with ^Faching fearful ^Amhands ^AmJust in case I ^Gnever make it ^Fback I ^Amleft our family ^Gweeks ago for ^Fbattle stricken lands And I ^Amfear I wont surv^Give the next att^Amack

I ^Amfled Rhode Island w^Gillingly to ^Fjoin the Union f^Amorce Underst^Amanding I may n^Gever know my ^Fboys But this ^Amcountry's strength of g^Government is ^Fin a great div^Amorce And for ^Amthis I risk my ^Glife and all its ^Amjoys

Oh ^AmSarah I do ^Gunderstand with^Fin my sacrif^Amice Goes ^Amnearly every ^Gjoy for you as ^Fwell But I ^Amhope you sense with^Gin my words I ^Fthought about it ^Amtwice But our ^Amnation cast a t^Ghick momentus ^Amspell

Oh ^AmSarah start a ^Glife without me ^AmRaise our boys to ^Ggentlemen ^AmThrive until the ^Gday you pass a^Fway and we can ^Ammeet again ^AmUnderstand my ^Ginner fight I ^Amdidn't choose the ^Gwar I ^Amsided with dem^Gocracy As ^Fthat is what ^CI'm dying for Oh ^FSarah - my ^Amlove for you is ^Cdeathless Oh ^GSarah - my love for you is ^Amdeathless

Growing ^Amup without my ^Gfather weighed ^Fheavy on my ^Ambrain And I ^Amdread this makes my ^Gchildren dance that ^Fwaltz And I'm ^Amsure at times your ^Gtrust was breached and your ^Flove for me did ^Amwane But I a^Amsk you to forg^Give me for these ^Amfaults

And I ^Amcan't express the ^Girony of the ^Fpeaceful summer ^Ambreeze ^AmDusting my bat^Gallion as they ^Frest 'Cause with^Amin this evening ^Gwarmness lies a ^Fdark and icy ^Cfreeze That wh^Dispered me to send you this req^Amuest

^AmOh Sarah start a ^Glife without me ^AmRaise our boys to ^Ggentlemen ^AmThrive until the ^Gday you pass a^Fway and we can ^Ammeet again ^AmUnderstand my ^Ginner fight I ^Amdidn't choose the ^Gwar I ^Amsided with dem^Gocracy As ^Fthat is what ^CI'm dying for Oh ^FSarah - my love for you is ^Cdeathless Oh ^GSarah - it's ^Amdeathless

I am ^Amone of hundred ^Gthousand paying ^Fall that we can ^Ampay ^AmStanding for an ^Gobject we can't ^Fsee Now ^Amraise our children ^Gproudly to be ^Fgraceous for each ^Amday And re^Ammind them of the ^Greasons they are ^Amfree

If it's ^Amtrue the dead can ^Gdrift unseen ^Faround the loves they ^Amhad Then ^AmI will be the ^Gwind upon your ^Fcheek And the ^Amdarkest moments in your ^Glife will ^Fnever be so ^Ambad Cause ^AmI will be your ^Gstrength when you are ^Amweak

^AmOh Sarah start a ^Glife without me ^AmRaise our boys to ^Ggentlemen ^AmThrive until the ^Gday you pass a^Fway and we can ^Ammeet again ^AmUnderstand my ^Ginner fight I ^Amdidn't choose the ^Gwar I ^Amsided with dem^Gocracy As ^Fthat is what ^CI'm dying for Oh ^FSarah - my love for you is ^Cdeathless Oh ^GSarah - it's ^Amdeathless Oh ^GSarah, my love for you is ^Amdeathless Oh ^GSarah, my love for you is ^Amdeathless