Letters From War Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 She FWalked to the Cmailbox on that bright Summer's Gday G7 C

 Found a Fletter from Cher son in a Fwar Gfar aCway. F

 He spoke of the Cweather and good friends that he'd mGade G7

 Said "I've been Cthinking about dad and the life that he had that's

 why FI'm Ghere Amtoday."

 And then at the Gend he Csaid, "GYou are what AmI'm fighting Ffor"

 It was the first of the Gletters from Cwar.

Chorus

 And sFhe started Gwriting "You are GgoCod and your GbrCave

 What a fCather that yFou'll be soGmeday,

 Make it GhoCme make itG sCafe," She wFrote every night as she pGrayed.G7 C

 Then lFate in DecCember a day she'll not fGorgetG7 C

 oh, her teFars stained the Cpaper with every wFord Gthat she Cread

 It said "I was Gup on a Chill I was oGut there aClone

 When the Gshots all rang out and Fbombs were exploding

GThat's when I Csaw him, he Gcame back for Cme

 And thGough he was Ccaptured a Fman set me Gfree

 And that Fman Gwas your Amson he asked me to Gwrite to Cyou

 I told him I Gwould, oh, I Amswore,"

 It was the lFast of the lGetters from Cwar.

 And she pAmrayed he was living

CKept on believing and wFrote every night just to say.

Chorus

 "You are GgoCod and your GbrCave

 What a fCather that yFou'll be soGmeday,

 Make it GhoCme make itG sCafe," and sFo she kept writing each dGay. G7 C

 TFhen two years Clater, Autumn leaves all aGroundG7 C

 A car puFlls in the dCrive way, and she Ffell Gto the gCround F

 And out steps a CCaptain where her boy used to stanGd

 He said "Mom I'm Cfollowing Gorders from Call of your lGetters

 And FI've come hGome agAmain."

 He ran in to Ghold Cher dAmropped all his Gbags on the flAmoor

 Holding Fall of her Gletters from Cwar

 Bring him GhoCme

 Bring him GhoCme

 Bring him GhoCme