Capo on the 1st fret
She [F]Walked to the [C]mailbox on that bright Summer's [G]day [G7][C]
Found a [F]letter from [C]her son in a [F]war [G]far a[C]way. [F]
He spoke of the [C]weather and good friends that he'd m[G]ade [G7]
Said "I've been [C]thinking about dad and the life that he had that's
why [F]I'm [G]here [Am]today."
And then at the [G]end he [C]said, "[G]You are what [Am]I'm fighting [F]for"
It was the first of the [G]letters from [C]war.
Chorus:
And s[F]he started [G]writing "You are [G]go[C]od and your [G]br[C]ave
What a f[C]ather that y[F]ou'll be so[G]meday,
Make it [G]ho[C]me make it[G] s[C]afe," She w[F]rote every night as she p[G]rayed.[G7] [C]
Then l[F]ate in Dec[C]ember a day she'll not f[G]orget[G7] [C]
oh, her te[F]ars stained the [C]paper with every w[F]ord [G]that she [C]read
It said "I was [G]up on a [C]hill I was o[G]ut there a[C]lone
When the [G]shots all rang out and [F]bombs were exploding
[G]That's when I [C]saw him, he [G]came back for [C]me
And th[G]ough he was [C]captured a [F]man set me [G]free
And that [F]man [G]was your [Am]son he asked me to [G]write to [C]you
I told him I [G]would, oh, I [Am]swore,"
It was the l[F]ast of the l[G]etters from [C]war.
And she p[Am]rayed he was living
[C]Kept on believing and w[F]rote every night just to say.
Chorus:
"You are [G]go[C]od and your [G]br[C]ave
What a f[C]ather that y[F]ou'll be so[G]meday,
Make it [G]ho[C]me make it[G] s[C]afe," and s[F]o she kept writing each d[G]ay. [G7][C]
T[F]hen two years [C]later, Autumn leaves all a[G]round[G7] [C]
A car pu[F]lls in the d[C]rive way, and she [F]fell [G]to the g[C]round [F]
And out steps a [C]Captain where her boy used to stan[G]d
He said "Mom I'm [C]following [G]orders from [C]all of your l[G]etters
And [F]I've come h[G]ome ag[Am]ain."
He ran in to [G]hold [C]her d[Am]ropped all his [G]bags on the fl[Am]oor
Holding [F]all of her [G]letters from [C]war
Bring him [G]ho[C]me
Bring him [G]ho[C]me
Bring him [G]ho[C]me
She [F]Walked to the [C]mailbox on that bright Summer's [G]day [G7][C]
Found a [F]letter from [C]her son in a [F]war [G]far a[C]way. [F]
He spoke of the [C]weather and good friends that he'd m[G]ade [G7]
Said "I've been [C]thinking about dad and the life that he had that's
why [F]I'm [G]here [Am]today."
And then at the [G]end he [C]said, "[G]You are what [Am]I'm fighting [F]for"
It was the first of the [G]letters from [C]war.
Chorus:
And s[F]he started [G]writing "You are [G]go[C]od and your [G]br[C]ave
What a f[C]ather that y[F]ou'll be so[G]meday,
Make it [G]ho[C]me make it[G] s[C]afe," She w[F]rote every night as she p[G]rayed.[G7] [C]
Then l[F]ate in Dec[C]ember a day she'll not f[G]orget[G7] [C]
oh, her te[F]ars stained the [C]paper with every w[F]ord [G]that she [C]read
It said "I was [G]up on a [C]hill I was o[G]ut there a[C]lone
When the [G]shots all rang out and [F]bombs were exploding
[G]That's when I [C]saw him, he [G]came back for [C]me
And th[G]ough he was [C]captured a [F]man set me [G]free
And that [F]man [G]was your [Am]son he asked me to [G]write to [C]you
I told him I [G]would, oh, I [Am]swore,"
It was the l[F]ast of the l[G]etters from [C]war.
And she p[Am]rayed he was living
[C]Kept on believing and w[F]rote every night just to say.
Chorus:
"You are [G]go[C]od and your [G]br[C]ave
What a f[C]ather that y[F]ou'll be so[G]meday,
Make it [G]ho[C]me make it[G] s[C]afe," and s[F]o she kept writing each d[G]ay. [G7][C]
T[F]hen two years [C]later, Autumn leaves all a[G]round[G7] [C]
A car pu[F]lls in the d[C]rive way, and she [F]fell [G]to the g[C]round [F]
And out steps a [C]Captain where her boy used to stan[G]d
He said "Mom I'm [C]following [G]orders from [C]all of your l[G]etters
And [F]I've come h[G]ome ag[Am]ain."
He ran in to [G]hold [C]her d[Am]ropped all his [G]bags on the fl[Am]oor
Holding [F]all of her [G]letters from [C]war
Bring him [G]ho[C]me
Bring him [G]ho[C]me
Bring him [G]ho[C]me
