{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1757128,"song":"The Postman","artist":"Lucy Spraggan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11380513-the-postman-chords-by-lucy-spraggan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1757128?type=chord","rating":4.7528,"votes":15,"content":"NO CAPO\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey married in June one afternoon in a church down by their home [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe wore the ring his mother gave him the day that he left home [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey danced before their families and they held each other close[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd on that lovely night in June, oh he loved her so [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe war took him to Paris one year since they had wed [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nHe packed envelopes and cigarettes ink and his fountain pen [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said I will send you letters each week that I am gone [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I promise you'll feel better, when the postman comes [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe months had past on slowly and his boots had lost their tread [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut still he wrote his letters this week this one had said [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou are always with me even when I feel alone [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd this rifle bears a burden and its heavy on my soul [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you wont have to miss me as once this war is won [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe will be together, when the postman comes [/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe opens the door to a man with a telegram [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nA sad look on his face [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe wipes away a single tear and she hears him say [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomething about the military apologies in the ministry [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she fell, to the floor [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe questioned him said you've got this wrong [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy husbands fast my husbands strong [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I promise you'll know better, when the postman comes [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you've received this letter it means the worst has done[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd I'm sorry and I love you and this isn't what I want [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you will find another and I will understand  [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI just hope he loves you more than any other can [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI sent you all these letters and for reasons there's just one [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt is me you will remember.. when the postman comes[/tab]","plain_text":"NO CAPO\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG C G\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["G","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}