Chords for Elvis Costello & the Brodsky String Quartet - I Thought I'd Write to Juliet

_ _ I thought [C] I'd write to [Ab] Juliet, _ [F] _ _
[Bbm] for she [F] would _ _ [C] _
understand.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] And when [C] someone [B] is already [Bb] _
dead, they [Db] can no _ longer [C] let you _ down. _
[Fm] Instead, _ [C] I find [Db] myself talking to [F] you _ _ [Bbm] _ as [B] my oldest [C] _ _ friend. _
_ _ Tell me how I [B] can advise _ [Bb] someone that [Db] I don't even know [C] to _ welcome death.
For [B] I [Bb] _
received [A] a letter [Bb] _ that is [F] _ worth [C] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] reporting.
[Cm] _ _ _ And [Db] though it [Gb] may raise [Eb] a cynical [Db] _
smile, it leaves a [Eb] sinking [Ab] _ _ feeling.
_ _ [Fm] Like when [C] a soldier _ in a story says to the sergeant, _
_ Have you seen my [Fm] pride and joy?
You know the rest, and [Db] it's no joke.
_ [C] But give me, please, _ as I _ _ [C] quote. _ _ _ _
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[Db] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ This is a letter of _ _ thanks.
_ _ [Gb] _ As I'm so bored here, and I can't say where,
So I'm [B] writing to _ people that I may never _ _ meet.
[G] _ And I was [Eb] thinking of [G] something you [A] said. _
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[Ab] I'm a female soldier.
My [D] name is _ Constance.
[Ebm] I enlisted in the military, _
[Gb] needing funds for _ college.
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I'm 23 _ years old, and [A] if I do get home _ [Ab] alive, _ _ _
I [Dbm] imagine I [A] may _ _ think [Gb] again. _ _ _ _
I'm [B] sleeping with my eyes open for fear of attack. _ _
[Gb] Your words are comfort.
They're the best things that I have. _ _
[B] Apart from family pictures, and of course my gas _ _ mask. _
[G] I'm _ _ [Eb] a _ [G] _
_ _ [A] woman in _ jeans.
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[D] _ _ _ _ I'm [D] _ _