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Chords:
LAm LAm7 LAm/SOL DO REm REm7 REm7/DO MI7 FA FA(2) FA/DO SOL SOL/SI SOLsus
E ---0----0----0----0----1----1----1----0----1----3----1----3-------------
B ---1----1----1----1----3----1----1----0----1----1----1----0----3----1---
G ---2----0----2----0----2----2----2----1----2----2----2----0----0----0---
D ---2----2----2----2----0--------------0----3----3----3----0----0----0---
A ---0----0---------3--------------3----2--------------3----2----2--------
E -------------3------------------------0-------------------3---------3---
(Medium ballad)
DO SOL/SI LAm LAm/SOL REm SOL DO FA/DO DO
DO SOL/SI LAm FA SOL DO
I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three.
DO SOL/SI LAm REm7 SOLsus SOL
Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me. He said,
DO SOL/SI LAm FA SOL DO
"Boy, you might not understand, but a long, long time ago,
DO SOL/SI LAm FA SOL DO FA/DO DO
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none, but I loved your Grandma so."
DO SOL/SI LAm FA SOL DO
We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together.
DO SOL/SI LAm REm7 SOLsus SOL
Get married in the first town we came to, and live forever.
DO SOL/SI LAm FA SOL DO
But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet, instead
DO SOL/SI LAm FA SOL DO FA/DO DO
Of her, I found this letter, and this is what it said:
FA SOL DO FA SOL DO
If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.
FA SOL LAm
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
REm7 REm7/DO SOLsus SOL
I don't know how long I'll be.
FA SOL DO FA SOL LAm
But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
FA SOL MI7 LAm7
And between now and then, till I see you again,
FA(2) SOL DO SOL/SI LAm LAm/SOL REm SOL DO FA/DO DO
I'll be loving you. Love, me.
DO SOL/SI LAm FA SOL DO
I read those words just hours before my Grandma passed away,
DO SOL/SI LAm REm7 SOLsus SOL
In the doorway of a church where me and Grandpa stopped to pray.
DO SOL/SI LAm FA SOL DO
I know I'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years;
DO SOL/SI LAm FA SOL DO FA/DO DO
But as he said these words to her, his eyes filled up with tears.
FA SOL DO FA SOL DO
If you get there before I do, don't give up on me.
FA SOL LAm
I'll meet you when my chores are through;
REm7 REm7/DO SOLsus SOL
I don't know how long I'll be.
FA SOL DO FA SOL LAm
But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see.
FA SOL MI7 LAm7
And between now and then, till I see you again,
FA(2) SOL DO LAm7
I'll be loving you. Love, me.
FA SOL MI7 LAm7
Between now and then, till I see you again,
F(2) G (NO CHORDS)
I'll be loving you. Love, me.
DO SOL/SI LAm LAm/SOL REm SOL DO FA/DO DO
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