Intro: G, Am7, G/B, C. X2
GAmGCAmGC
She walked to the mailbox, On that bright summer’s day
GAmGC
(G) (D)G
Found a letter from her son, in a war far away
GAmGCGAmGC
He spoke of the weather And good friends that he’d made
GAmC
Said, “I’ve been thinking ‘bout Dad And the life that he had.
(G) (D)GG
That’s why I’m here today.” Then at the end he said
GDCDGDCG
“You are what I’m fighting for.” It was the first of his letters from war.
CDCD
She started writing Your good, and you’re brave
C2D
What a father that youll be some day
CD
Make it home, make it safe
C2D
She wrote every night as she prayed
GAmGCGGC
And late in December A day she’ll not forget
GAmGC
(G)DG
Oh, her tears stained the paper With every word that she read
GAm
It said I was up on a hill I was out there alone
GC
When the shots all rang out and bombs were exploding
GD
That’s when I saw him He came back for me
CG
And though he was captured a man set me free
CDGG
And that man was your son He asked me to write to you
CDCDGDCB
I told him I would Oh I swore It was the last of the letters from war
AmG
And she prayed he was living and kept on believing
F
And wrote every night just to say
CD
You are good, and you’re brave
C2D
What a father that youll be some day
CD
Make it home, make it safe
C2D
Still she kept writing each day
GAmGC
And then, two years later,
GAmGCAmGC
Autumn leaves all around A car pulled in the driveway
(G)DGAmGC
And she fell to the ground And out stepped a captain
GAmGCGAm
Where her boy used to stand he said, “Mom, I’m following orders
GCCG
From all of your letters and I’ve come home again
DGCCG
He ran in to hold her and dropped all his bags on the floor
CD7GCGCGC
Holding all of her letters from war.
DGDCGCGC
Bring him home,
DGDCGCGC
Bring him home,
DGDCGCGAmGC
… G
Bring him home,
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