Mark Schultz - Letters from war

^C She wa^Flked to the mailbox ^C On that br^Gight summer's ^Cday Found a letter fr^Fom her son ^C In a war f^Far aw^Gay. ^C He spoke ^Fof the weather ^C And good friend^Gs that he'd made ^C Said, "I've been thinking ab^Cout dad ^G And the lif^Ce that he ha^Gd, That’s why I'm here ^Ftoday^G." ^Am And then at the end he said, ^{G C} &quo^Gt;You are what I'm fi^Amghting for" ^F It was the fi^Amrst of his let^Gters from war. ^C

And she st^Farted writing, ^G "You?^G??^Cre good and you’re bra^Gve^C What a father that ^Fyou'll be someday,^{C G} Make it home make ^Git^C safe." ^{G C} She wrote ev^Fery night as she prayed. ^G

^C Then late in^F December, ^C A day she'll no^Gt forget, ^C Oh, her tears stai^Fned the paper ^C With every word th^Fat she^G read. ^C It said, "I was up o^Gn a hill ^C I was out th^Gere alone ^C When the shots all ran^Gg out ^C And bombs we^Fre exploding. T^Ghat's when I saw him, ^C He came b^Gack for me. ^C And though h^Ge was captured, ^C A man ^Fset me free. ^G And that man was yo^Fur son.^{G Am} He asked me to writ^Ge to you ^C I to^Gld him I would, oh^Am, I swore." ^F It was the last of t^Amhe letters from ^Gwar. ^C

And she prayed he wa^Ams living ^CKept on believing And wrote e^Fvery night just to say, ^G

"You^G??^C?re good and ^Gyo^Cu’re brave What a father that^F you'll be someday. ^{C G} Make it home make ^Git^C safe." ^{G C} And so she^F kept writing each day.^G

^{C F}Then two years later, ^C Autumn leaves^G all around ^C A car pulled in t^Fhe driveway, ^C And she fel^Fl to^G the ground ^C And out st^Fepped a Captain ^C Where her boy use^Gd to stand ^C He said, "Mom I'm following orders ^{C G} From all of ^Cyour letters ^G And I've co^Fme home again."^G; ^Am He ran in to hold her ^{G C} Dro^Gpped all his bags on th^Ame floor ^F Holding all of^Am her letters fr^Gom war ^C