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Letters From War by Mark Schultz
Letters From War
Capo 3
Intro: G, Am7, G/B, C2. X2
G Am7 G/B C2
Am7 G/B C2
She walked to the mailbox, On that bright summer’s day
G Am7 G/B C2
(G) (D) G
Found a letter from her son, in a war far away
G Am7 G/B C2 G
Am7 G/B C2
He spoke of the weather And good friends that he’d made
G Am7
C2
Said, “I’ve been thinking ‘bout Dad And the life that he had.
(G) (D) G
G
That’s why I’m here today.” Then at the end he said
G/D Dsus C2
Dsus G D/F# C2 G/B
“You are what I’m fighting for.” It was the first of his letters from war.
C2 D C2
Dsus
She started writing Your good, and you’re brave
C2/E D/F#
What a father that youll be some day
C2 Dsus
Make it home, make it safe
C2/E D/F#
She wrote every night as she prayed
G Am7 G/B C2 G
G/B C2
And late in December A day she’ll not forget
G Am7 G/B C2
(G) D/F# G
Oh, her tears stained the paper With every word that she read
G Am7
It said I was up on a hill I was out there alone
G/B C2
When the shots all rang out and bombs were exploding
G D/F#
That’s when I saw him He came back for me
C2 G/D
And though he was captured a man set me free
C2 D/F# G
G
And that man was your son He asked me to write to you
C2 Dsus C
Dsus G D/F# C/E B/D
I told him I would Oh I swore It was the last of the letters from war
Am7 G/B
And she prayed he was living and kept on believing
F
And wrote every night just to say
C2 Dsus
You are good, and you’re brave
C2/E D/F#
What a father that youll be some day
C2 Dsus
Make it home, make it safe
C2/E D/F#
Still she kept writing each day
G Am7 G/B C2
And then, two years later,
G Am7 G/B C2
Am7 G/B C2
Autumn leaves all around A car pulled in the driveway
(G) D/F# G
Am7 G/B C2
And she fell to the ground And out stepped a captain
G Am7 G/B C2
G Am7
Where her boy used to stand he said, “Mom, I’m following orders
G/B C2 C/E
G
From all of your letters and I’ve come home again
D/F# G C/E
C G/B
He ran in to hold her and dropped all his bags on the floor
C D7sus G
C/E G/D C G/B C
Holding all of her letters from war.
Dsus G D/F# C/E G/D
C G/B C
Bring him home,
Dsus G D/F# C/E G/D
C G/B C
Bring him home,
Dsus G D/F# C/E G/D
C G/B Am7 G/B C
… G
Bring him home,
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version 2
Capo on the 1st fret
F C G G7 C
She Walked to the mailbox on that bright Summer's day
F C F G C F
Found a letter from her son in a war far away.
C G G7
He spoke of the weather and good friends that he'd made
C
Said "I've been thinking about dad and the life that he had that's
F G Am
why I'm here today."
G C G Am F
And then at the end he said, "You are what I'm fighting for"
G C
It was the first of the letters from war.
Chorus:
F G G C G C
And she started writing "You are good and your brave
C F G
What a father that you'll be someday,
G C G C F G G7 C
Make it home make it safe," She wrote every night as she prayed.
F C G G7 C
Then late in December a day she'll not forget
F C F G C
oh, her tears stained the paper with every word that she read
G C G C
It said "I was up on a hill I was out there alone
G F
When the shots all rang out and bombs were exploding
G C G C
That's when I saw him, he came back for me
G C F G
And though he was captured a man set me free
F G Am G C
And that man was your son he asked me to write to you
G Am
I told him I would, oh, I swore,"
F G C
It was the last of the letters from war.
Am
And she prayed he was living
C F
Kept on believing and wrote every night just to say.
Chorus:
G C G C
"You are good and your brave
C F G
What a father that you'll be someday,
G C G C F G G7 C
Make it home make it safe," and so she kept writing each day.
F C G G7 C
Then two years later, Autumn leaves all around
F C F G C F
A car pulls in the drive way, and she fell to the ground
C G
And out steps a Captain where her boy used to stand
C G C G
He said "Mom I'm following orders from all of your letters
F G Am
And I've come home again."
G C Am G Am
He ran in to hold her dropped all his bags on the floor
F G C
Holding all of her letters from war
G C
Bring him home
G C
Bring him home
G C
Bring him home
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version 3
Capo 1
Verse1
C F C
She walked to the mailbox
G C
On that bright summer's day
F C
Found a letter from her son
F G C
In a war far away.
F C
He spoke of the weather
G C
And good friends that he'd made
C G
Said, "I've been thinking about dad
C G
And the life that he had,
F G Am
That’s why I'm here today."
G C
And then at the end he said,
G Am F
"You are what I'm fighting for"
Am G C
It was the first of his letters from war.
C G, C G, C G
Chorus:
F G
And she started writing,
G C G C
"You’re good and you’re brave
F C G
What a father that you'll be someday,
G C G C
Make it home make it safe."
F G
She wrote every night as she prayed.
Verse2
C F C
Then late in December,
G C
A day she'll not forget,
F C
Oh, her tears stained the paper
F G C
With every word that she read.
G C
It said, "I was up on a hill
G C
I was out there alone
G C
When the shots all rang out
F
And bombs were exploding.
G C
That's when I saw him,
G C
He came back for me.
G C
And though he was captured,
F G
A man set me free.
F G Am
And that man was your son.
G C
He asked me to write to you
G Am F
I told him I would, oh, I swore."
Am G C
It was the last of the letters from war.
C G C G
Bridge
Am
And she prayed he was living
C
Kept on believing
F G
And wrote every night just to say,
Chorus
G C G C
"You’re good and you’re brave
F C G
What a father that you'll be someday.
G C G C
Make it home make it safe."
F G
And so she kept writing each day.
Verse3
C F C
Then two years later,
G C
Autumn leaves all around
F C
A car pulled in the driveway,
F G C
And she fell to the ground
F C
And out stepped a Captain
G C
Where her boy used to stand
C G
He said, "Mom I'm following orders
C G
From all of your letters
F G Am
And I've come home again."
G C
He ran in to hold her
G Am F
Dropped all his bags on the floor
Am G C
Holding all of her letters from war
C G, C G, F C, F G
C G, C G, F C, F G
Make it home
C G, C G, F C, F G
Make it home
C G, C G, F C, F G, C
Make it home
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version 4
Capo 3
Intro: G, Am7, G/B, C2. X2
G Am7 G/B C2
Am7 G/B C2
She walked to the mailbox, On that bright summer’s day
G Am7 G/B C2
(G) (D) G
Found a letter from her son, in a war far away
G Am7 G/B C2 G
Am7 G/B C2
He spoke of the weather And good friends that he’d made
G Am7
C2
Said, “I’ve been thinking ‘bout Dad And the life that he had.
(G) (D) G
G
That’s why I’m here today.” Then at the end he said
G/D Dsus C2
Dsus G D/F# C2 G/B
“You are what I’m fighting for.” It was the first of his letters from war.
C2 D C2
Dsus
She started writing Your good, and you’re brave
C2/E D/F#
What a father that youll be some day
C2 Dsus
Make it home, make it safe
C2/E D/F#
She wrote every night as she prayed
G Am7 G/B C2 G
G/B C2
And late in December A day she’ll not forget
G Am7 G/B C2
(G) D/F# G
Oh, her tears stained the paper With every word that she read
G Am7
It said I was up on a hill I was out there alone
G/B C2
When the shots all rang out and bombs were exploding
G D/F#
That’s when I saw him He came back for me
C2 G/D
And though he was captured a man set me free
C2 D/F# G
G
And that man was your son He asked me to write to you
C2 Dsus C
Dsus G D/F# C/E B/D
I told him I would Oh I swore It was the last of the letters from war
Am7 G/B
And she prayed he was living and kept on believing
F
And wrote every night just to say
C2 Dsus
You are good, and you’re brave
C2/E D/F#
What a father that youll be some day
C2 Dsus
Make it home, make it safe
C2/E D/F#
Still she kept writing each day
G Am7 G/B C2
And then, two years later,
G Am7 G/B C2
Am7 G/B C2
Autumn leaves all around A car pulled in the driveway
(G) D/F# G
Am7 G/B C2
And she fell to the ground And out stepped a captain
G Am7 G/B C2
G Am7
Where her boy used to stand he said, “Mom, I’m following orders
G/B C2 C/E
G
From all of your letters and I’ve come home again
D/F# G C/E
C G/B
He ran in to hold her and dropped all his bags on the floor
C D7sus G
C/E G/D C G/B C
Holding all of her letters from war.
Dsus G D/F# C/E G/D
C G/B C
Bring him home,
Dsus G D/F# C/E G/D
C G/B C
Bring him home,
Dsus G D/F# C/E G/D
C G/B Am7 G/B C
… G
Bring him home,
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version 5
Capo on the 1st fret
F C G G7 C
She Walked to the mailbox on that bright Summer's day
F C F G C F
Found a letter from her son in a war far away.
C G G7
He spoke of the weather and good friends that he'd made
C
Said "I've been thinking about dad and the life that he had that's
F G Am
why I'm here today."
G C G Am F
And then at the end he said, "You are what I'm fighting for"
G C
It was the first of the letters from war.
Chorus:
F G G C G C
And she started writing "You are good and your brave
C F G
What a father that you'll be someday,
G C G C F G G7 C
Make it home make it safe," She wrote every night as she prayed.
F C G G7 C
Then late in December a day she'll not forget
F C F G C
oh, her tears stained the paper with every word that she read
G C G C
It said "I was up on a hill I was out there alone
G F
When the shots all rang out and bombs were exploding
G C G C
That's when I saw him, he came back for me
G C F G
And though he was captured a man set me free
F G Am G C
And that man was your son he asked me to write to you
G Am
I told him I would, oh, I swore,"
F G C
It was the last of the letters from war.
Am
And she prayed he was living
C F
Kept on believing and wrote every night just to say.
Chorus:
G C G C
"You are good and your brave
C F G
What a father that you'll be someday,
G C G C F G G7 C
Make it home make it safe," and so she kept writing each day.
F C G G7 C
Then two years later, Autumn leaves all around
F C F G C F
A car pulls in the drive way, and she fell to the ground
C G
And out steps a Captain where her boy used to stand
C G C G
He said "Mom I'm following orders from all of your letters
F G Am
And I've come home again."
G C Am G Am
He ran in to hold her dropped all his bags on the floor
F G C
Holding all of her letters from war
G C
Bring him home
G C
Bring him home
G C
Bring him home
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version 6
Capo 1
Verse1
C F C
She walked to the mailbox
G C
On that bright summer's day
F C
Found a letter from her son
F G C
In a war far away.
F C
He spoke of the weather
G C
And good friends that he'd made
C G
Said, "I've been thinking about dad
C G
And the life that he had,
F G Am
That’s why I'm here today."
G C
And then at the end he said,
G Am F
"You are what I'm fighting for"
Am G C
It was the first of his letters from war.
C G, C G, C G
Chorus:
F G
And she started writing,
G C G C
"You’re good and you’re brave
F C G
What a father that you'll be someday,
G C G C
Make it home make it safe."
F G
She wrote every night as she prayed.
Verse2
C F C
Then late in December,
G C
A day she'll not forget,
F C
Oh, her tears stained the paper
F G C
With every word that she read.
G C
It said, "I was up on a hill
G C
I was out there alone
G C
When the shots all rang out
F
And bombs were exploding.
G C
That's when I saw him,
G C
He came back for me.
G C
And though he was captured,
F G
A man set me free.
F G Am
And that man was your son.
G C
He asked me to write to you
G Am F
I told him I would, oh, I swore."
Am G C
It was the last of the letters from war.
C G C G
Bridge
Am
And she prayed he was living
C
Kept on believing
F G
And wrote every night just to say,
Chorus
G C G C
"You’re good and you’re brave
F C G
What a father that you'll be someday.
G C G C
Make it home make it safe."
F G
And so she kept writing each day.
Verse3
C F C
Then two years later,
G C
Autumn leaves all around
F C
A car pulled in the driveway,
F G C
And she fell to the ground
F C
And out stepped a Captain
G C
Where her boy used to stand
C G
He said, "Mom I'm following orders
C G
From all of your letters
F G Am
And I've come home again."
G C
He ran in to hold her
G Am F
Dropped all his bags on the floor
Am G C
Holding all of her letters from war
C G, C G, F C, F G
C G, C G, F C, F G
Make it home
C G, C G, F C, F G
Make it home
C G, C G, F C, F G, C
Make it home
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