Chords for Letter in the Mail Tim O'Brien

[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ My dad's been gone three years, my mom probably eight, but you [Dm] still miss him, you know.
_ I kind of lost it on the [F] first try-through.
_ _ I was kind of crying at the end. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I got your letter [C] in [F] the mail, _ _ _ _ _ throwing off [C] my sense [F] of the scale.
I _ _ _ felt you touch [C] my heart [F] today, _ _ _ but the postmark says [C] you're far [F]
[Bb] away.
Across the [F] fields [C] and deserts [F]
wide, [Bb] and mountains [F] in [C] the western [F] _
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_ _ _ Out where the sun [C] sets on [F] the sea, _ _ _ _ so very far [C] _ [F] away from me. _ _ _
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Shadows [C] fall upon [F] my hand, _ _ _ _ and moving west [C] across [F] the land. _ _ _
_ You're only halfway [C] through [F] your days, _ _ _ when I put my [C] dinner dish [F] [Bb] away.
As [F] lonely [C] as I've ever [F] been, [Bb]
I long [F] to hear your voice again. _
_ _ _ _ So I called you, [C] just to let you [F] know, _ _ _ _ _ that I miss you, [C] and I love [F] you so.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ The farther I [C] go [F] down the track, _ _ _ _ the more time I [C] spend looking [F] _ back.
I _ _ _ wander [C] through my _
[F] _ _ memories, _ _ more precious now [C] than [F] gold to me.
[Bb] I close [F] my [C] eyes and I [F] recall, [Bb]
when I [F] was young [C] and you [F] were small. _
_ _ _ _ You know I miss [C] those times [F] back then, _ _ _ _ _ but today brought [C] them [F] back again.
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_ got your letter [C] [F] in the _ mail, _ _ _ _ throwing off my sense of scale.
_ _ _ _ It made me happy, [C] it made [F] me _ sad, _ _ _ just to read those [C] words, I love you [F] dad. _ _ _ _
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