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Capo: 3
Capo 3 Intro: G, Am7, G/B, C2. X2 G Am7 G/B C2 Am7 G/B C2 She walked to the mailbox, On that bright summer's day G Am7 G/B C2 (G) (D) G Found a letter from her son, in a war far away G Am7 G/B C2 G Am7 G/B C2 He spoke of the weather And good friends that he'd made G Am7
Said, "I'vC2e been thinking 'bout Dad And the life that he had. (G) (D) G That's Gwhy I'm here today." Then at the end he said G/D Dsus C2 "You are whatDsus I'm fighting for." IGt wasD/F# the fiC2rst G/Bof his letters from war.
C2 D C2
She stDsusarted writing Your good, and you're brave C2/E D/F# What a father that youll be some day Make it home, C2make it safe Dsus C2/E D/F# She wrote every night as she prayed
G Am7 G/B C2 G G/B C2 And late in December A day she'll not forget G Am7 G/B C2 (G) D/F# G Oh, her tears stained the paper With every word that she read
It said I was up on Ga hill I was out there alone Am7 When the shots all rG/Bang out and bombs were explodC2ing GThat's when I saw him He came back for me D/F# And thouC2gh he was captured a man set me free G/D C2 D/F# G And thGat man was your son He asked me to write to you C2 Dsus C Dsus G D/F# C/E B/D I told him I would Oh I swore It was the last of the letters from war
And she prayed Am7he was living and kept on believingG/B And wroteF every night just to say You are good, C2and you're brave Dsus C2/E D/F# What a father that youll be some day Make it home, C2make it safe Dsus C2/E D/F# Still she kept writing each day
G And thAm7en, two years later, G/B C2 G Am7 G/B C2 Am7 G/B C2 Autumn leaves all around A car pulled in the driveway (G) D/F# G Am7And she fell G/B tC2o the ground And out stepped a captain G Am7 G/B C2 Where her boy uGsed to stand hAm7e said, "Mom, I'm following orders G/B C2 C/E From all Gof your letters and I've come home again D/F# G C/E He ran in to hold C heG/Br and dropped all his bags on the floor C D7sus G HoldC/Eing all G/Dof her CletteG/Brs fromC war.
Dsus G D/F# C/E G/D
CBringG/B him hCome, Dsus G D/F# C/E G/D CBringG/B him hCome, Dsus G D/F# C/E G/D C G/B Am7 G/B C … G Bring him home,