Letters From War Chords by Mark Schultz

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She _ [C#] _ _ walked to the mailbox _ on that bright summer's day
[F#] _ [C#] Found [G#] a letter [C#] from her son in [A#m] a war [G#] far [C#] away
_ _ _ [D#m] He spoke of [C#] the weather [F#] _ [C#] and good [D#m] friends that [C#] he'd made
[F#] Said, [C#] I've been thinking about [D#m] that and [C#] the life that [F#] he had
And that's [A#m] why I'm [G#] here [C#] today
And then in [G#] the end [C#] said, [A#m] you are [C#] what I'm fighting [F#] for
[C#] It [F#] was the first of [C#] his letters from _ [G#] war
[C#] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ She started writing, [F#] you're good [C#] and you're brave
What [A#m] a father that you'll be [G#] someday
Make [F#] it hard, [C#] make it sad
_ [F#] She wrote [A#m] every night as she [G#] _
prayed
_ And _ _ [C#] _ _
[D#m] late in [C#] December, [F#] _ _ [C#] a day she'll not forget
_ _ Her [D#m] tears stained [C#] the paper [F#] with every word [G#] that [F#] she read
[C#] She said, I was up on a hill, I [D#m] was out there alone
When [C#] the shots all rang out, [F#] the clouds were exploding
[C#] _ That's when I saw him, he [G#] came back for me
[A#m] And though he was captured, [C#] a man set me free
That [F#] man [Fm] was [F#] your son, [C#] he asked me [G#] to write [C#] to you
[F#] I told him [C#] I would, oh [F#] I swore
[C#] It [F#] was the [C#] last of the letters from [G#] war
_ [A#m] _ _ And she [D#m] prayed, it was living, [C#] kept on believing
[B] And wrote [F#] every night just [C#] to say
You [F#] are good [C#] and you're brave
What [A#m] a father that you'll be [G#] someday
Make [F#] it hard, [C#] make [G#] it [C#] sad
[F#] So [C#] she kept on writing [G#] each day _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ [D#] And [C#] then two years later, [F#] _ [C#] _ autumn [D#m] leaves [Fm] all around
[F#] A [C#] car [D#m] pulled in [C#] the driveway [F#] and she fell [G#] to [C#] the ground
_ _ _ [D#m] And out stepped [C#] a captain _ where [D#m] her boy used [C#] to stay
[F#] He said, [C#] Mom, I'm [D#m] following [C#] orders from all of [F#] your letters
And I've [G#] come [C#] home again
He ran [G#] into [C#] her, _ [A#m] dropped [C#] all his bags [F#] on the [C#] floor
[F#] Holding all [C#] of her letters from war
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[C#] _ Make it [Cm] hard, _ [F#] _ _
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[C#] _ make it hard, [G#] _ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ make it hard
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