Chords for Early Jean Shepard - **TRIBUTE** - A Dear John Letter and ANSWER Song - [1953)].
Tempo:
58.4 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Em
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
![Early Jean Shepard - **TRIBUTE** - A Dear John Letter and ANSWER Song - [1953)]. chords](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ITsfyEAdYDU/mqdefault.jpg)
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[Em] [Em] [G] [C] [Ebm] [Em]
[C] Dear John, oh how [G] I hate to write.
Dear John, I must let you know [C] tonight that [Em] my love for you has [C] died away [F] like grass upon
a [Bbm] lawn.
[G] And tonight I'll wed another, [C] dear John.
I was overseas in battle [G] when the [Bm] postman come to [G] me and he handed me a letter.
[Em] [Dm] I was as [G] happy as I
could [C] be, for the [Em] fighting was all over [C] [Gm] and the battle [F] had been won.
Then I [G] opened up the letter
and it started, [C] [C] Dear John.
Dear John, oh [G] how I hate to write.
Dear John, I must let you [C] know [B] tonight [C] [D] that [F] my love [C] for you has died [E] away [F] like grass upon a lawn.
[Bbm] And [G] tonight I'll wed another, [C] dear John.
[B] [C] Will you please send back my [G] picture?
My husband wants it now.
When I tell you who I'm wedding, you [Em] won't care, dear, anyhow.
[C] [Em] Now the ceremony has [C] started
[Gm] and [F] I'll wed your brother, Don.
[G] Will you wish us happiness forever, [C] dear John?
[G]
[Em] [C] [B] [C] Forgive me, [Ab] John, [F] but I [C] love your brother.
I realize now that [E] you're the [G] only one.
Write [Cm] and [C] tell [F] me, dear, that you'll [C] still have me if I [Em] undo [G] the awful [C] wrong I've [G] done.
[C] I'll [F] try to answer your letter the [C] best that I know how.
The way I feel about you, honey,
really doesn't matter [Am] now.
[G] As you know, the boys will be coming home soon
[C] to be with their [F] wives and their ma and pa.
[C] I'd like to come home.
I'd like [G] to see you
as a wife, [G] but [C] not as a sister-in-law.
Forgive me, John, [F] but I [C] love your brother.
I realize now
that [Gb] you're the [Em] only one.
[G] [C] Write and tell [F] me, dear, that you'll [C] still have me
if I [G] undo the awful wrong [C] I've done.
You're asking me to do [F] something I can't do.
[C] It's hard to explain, but can't you see?
My brother loves you, I reckon, as much as I do, and he married [G] you, and I could never do him
like he done me.
[C] But I wish you happiness [F] forever.
May you make [C] him a true and loving wife.
There's nothing for me to [Gm] come home for now, so [G] I'll reenlist and [C] live my lonely [Cm] soldier's [C] life.
[C] Dear John, oh how [G] I hate to write.
Dear John, I must let you know [C] tonight that [Em] my love for you has [C] died away [F] like grass upon
a [Bbm] lawn.
[G] And tonight I'll wed another, [C] dear John.
I was overseas in battle [G] when the [Bm] postman come to [G] me and he handed me a letter.
[Em] [Dm] I was as [G] happy as I
could [C] be, for the [Em] fighting was all over [C] [Gm] and the battle [F] had been won.
Then I [G] opened up the letter
and it started, [C] [C] Dear John.
Dear John, oh [G] how I hate to write.
Dear John, I must let you [C] know [B] tonight [C] [D] that [F] my love [C] for you has died [E] away [F] like grass upon a lawn.
[Bbm] And [G] tonight I'll wed another, [C] dear John.
[B] [C] Will you please send back my [G] picture?
My husband wants it now.
When I tell you who I'm wedding, you [Em] won't care, dear, anyhow.
[C] [Em] Now the ceremony has [C] started
[Gm] and [F] I'll wed your brother, Don.
[G] Will you wish us happiness forever, [C] dear John?
[G]
[Em] [C] [B] [C] Forgive me, [Ab] John, [F] but I [C] love your brother.
I realize now that [E] you're the [G] only one.
Write [Cm] and [C] tell [F] me, dear, that you'll [C] still have me if I [Em] undo [G] the awful [C] wrong I've [G] done.
[C] I'll [F] try to answer your letter the [C] best that I know how.
The way I feel about you, honey,
really doesn't matter [Am] now.
[G] As you know, the boys will be coming home soon
[C] to be with their [F] wives and their ma and pa.
[C] I'd like to come home.
I'd like [G] to see you
as a wife, [G] but [C] not as a sister-in-law.
Forgive me, John, [F] but I [C] love your brother.
I realize now
that [Gb] you're the [Em] only one.
[G] [C] Write and tell [F] me, dear, that you'll [C] still have me
if I [G] undo the awful wrong [C] I've done.
You're asking me to do [F] something I can't do.
[C] It's hard to explain, but can't you see?
My brother loves you, I reckon, as much as I do, and he married [G] you, and I could never do him
like he done me.
[C] But I wish you happiness [F] forever.
May you make [C] him a true and loving wife.
There's nothing for me to [Gm] come home for now, so [G] I'll reenlist and [C] live my lonely [Cm] soldier's [C] life.
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[Em] _ [Em] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Ebm] _ [Em] _
_ [C] Dear John, oh how [G] I hate to write.
Dear John, I must let you know [C] tonight _ that [Em] my love for you has [C] died away [F] like grass upon
a [Bbm] lawn.
[G] And tonight I'll wed another, [C] dear John.
_ I was overseas in battle [G] when the [Bm] postman come to [G] me and he handed me a letter.
_ [Em] [Dm] I was as [G] happy as I
could [C] be, for the [Em] fighting was all over [C] [Gm] and the battle [F] had been won.
_ Then I [G] opened up the letter
_ and it started, [C] [C] Dear John.
_ Dear John, oh [G] how I hate to write.
Dear John, I must let you [C] know [B] tonight [C] [D] that [F] my love [C] for you has died [E] away [F] like grass upon a lawn.
[Bbm] And [G] tonight I'll wed another, [C] dear John.
[B] _ [C] _ Will you please send back my [G] picture?
My husband wants it now.
When I tell you who I'm wedding, you [Em] won't care, dear, anyhow.
[C] _ [Em] Now the ceremony has [C] started
[Gm] and [F] I'll wed your brother, Don.
[G] Will you wish us happiness forever, [C] dear John? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ [C] _ [B] _ [C] Forgive me, [Ab] John, [F] but I [C] love your brother.
I realize now that [E] you're the [G] only one.
Write [Cm] and [C] tell [F] me, dear, that you'll [C] still have me if I [Em] undo [G] the awful [C] wrong I've [G] done.
[C] _ _ I'll [F] try to answer your letter the [C] best that I know how.
The way I feel about you, honey,
really doesn't matter [Am] now.
[G] As you know, the boys will be coming home soon
[C] to be with their [F] wives and their ma and pa.
[C] I'd like to come home.
I'd like [G] to see you
as a wife, [G] but [C] not as a sister-in-law.
Forgive me, John, [F] but I _ [C] _ love your brother.
I realize now
that [Gb] you're the [Em] only one.
[G] _ [C] Write and tell [F] me, dear, that you'll [C] still have me
if I [G] undo the awful wrong [C] I've done.
_ You're asking me to do [F] something I can't do.
[C] It's hard to explain, but can't you see?
My brother loves you, I reckon, as much as I do, and he married [G] you, and I could never do him
like he done me.
[C] But I wish you happiness [F] forever.
May you make [C] him a true and loving wife.
There's nothing for me to [Gm] come home for now, so [G] I'll reenlist and [C] live my lonely [Cm] soldier's [C] life. _ _ _
_ [C] Dear John, oh how [G] I hate to write.
Dear John, I must let you know [C] tonight _ that [Em] my love for you has [C] died away [F] like grass upon
a [Bbm] lawn.
[G] And tonight I'll wed another, [C] dear John.
_ I was overseas in battle [G] when the [Bm] postman come to [G] me and he handed me a letter.
_ [Em] [Dm] I was as [G] happy as I
could [C] be, for the [Em] fighting was all over [C] [Gm] and the battle [F] had been won.
_ Then I [G] opened up the letter
_ and it started, [C] [C] Dear John.
_ Dear John, oh [G] how I hate to write.
Dear John, I must let you [C] know [B] tonight [C] [D] that [F] my love [C] for you has died [E] away [F] like grass upon a lawn.
[Bbm] And [G] tonight I'll wed another, [C] dear John.
[B] _ [C] _ Will you please send back my [G] picture?
My husband wants it now.
When I tell you who I'm wedding, you [Em] won't care, dear, anyhow.
[C] _ [Em] Now the ceremony has [C] started
[Gm] and [F] I'll wed your brother, Don.
[G] Will you wish us happiness forever, [C] dear John? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ [C] _ [B] _ [C] Forgive me, [Ab] John, [F] but I [C] love your brother.
I realize now that [E] you're the [G] only one.
Write [Cm] and [C] tell [F] me, dear, that you'll [C] still have me if I [Em] undo [G] the awful [C] wrong I've [G] done.
[C] _ _ I'll [F] try to answer your letter the [C] best that I know how.
The way I feel about you, honey,
really doesn't matter [Am] now.
[G] As you know, the boys will be coming home soon
[C] to be with their [F] wives and their ma and pa.
[C] I'd like to come home.
I'd like [G] to see you
as a wife, [G] but [C] not as a sister-in-law.
Forgive me, John, [F] but I _ [C] _ love your brother.
I realize now
that [Gb] you're the [Em] only one.
[G] _ [C] Write and tell [F] me, dear, that you'll [C] still have me
if I [G] undo the awful wrong [C] I've done.
_ You're asking me to do [F] something I can't do.
[C] It's hard to explain, but can't you see?
My brother loves you, I reckon, as much as I do, and he married [G] you, and I could never do him
like he done me.
[C] But I wish you happiness [F] forever.
May you make [C] him a true and loving wife.
There's nothing for me to [Gm] come home for now, so [G] I'll reenlist and [C] live my lonely [Cm] soldier's [C] life. _ _ _
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