{"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":622059,"song":"Letters From War","artist":"Mark Schultz","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11574187-letters-from-war-chords-by-mark-schultz/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/622059?type=chord","rating":4.63133,"votes":36,"content":"Capo on the 1st fret \r\n \r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nShe Walked to the mailbox on that bright Summer's day [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch] \r\nFound a letter from her son in a war far away.  [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nHe spoke of the weather and good friends that he'd made [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSaid \"I've been thinking about dad and the life that he had that's  [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nwhy I'm here today.\" [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch] \r\nAnd then at the end he said, \"You are what I'm fighting for\" [/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch] \r\nIt was the first of the letters from war. [/tab]\r\n \r\nChorus: \r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd she started writing \"You are good and your brave [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhat a father that you'll be someday, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nMake it home make it safe,\" She wrote every night as she prayed. [/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThen late in December a day she'll not forget [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch] \r\noh, her tears stained the paper with every word that she read [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] \r\nIt said \"I was up on a hill I was out there alone [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWhen the shots all rang out and bombs were exploding [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThat's when I saw him, he came back for me [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd though he was captured a man set me free [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd that man was your son he asked me to write to you [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI told him I would, oh, I swore,\" [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nIt was the last of the letters from war.  [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nAnd she prayed he was living [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch] \r\nKept on believing and wrote every night just to say. [/tab]\r\n \r\nChorus: \r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n\"You are good and your brave [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhat a father that you'll be someday, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nMake it home make it safe,\" and so she kept writing each day. [/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThen two years later, Autumn leaves all around [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch] \r\nA car pulls in the drive way, and she fell to the ground [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd out steps a Captain where her boy used to stand  [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHe said \"Mom I'm following orders from all of your letters [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nAnd I've come home again.\" [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nHe ran in to hold her dropped all his bags on the floor [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHolding all of her letters from war [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBring him home [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBring him home [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBring him home [/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on the 1st fret \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nChorus: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nChorus:","chords":["F","C","G","G7","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}