Intro; D--G--A
D--G--A
Verse 1
D A
I recognize the writing, on the plain white
D
envelope. Bm F#m G
I've wondered where she'd wind up, before
she called or wrote.
G D Bm
The answer's in a circle, through the word
F#m G
'Love' on a stamp,
G A D
Postmarked Birmingham
Verse 2
D
I'd have bet on California, 'cause her
A D
sister's in Bel Aire.
Bm F#m G
or I could see Seattle, with her mom and dad
up there G D Bm
She never mentioned Alabama, so I don't
F#m G
understand.
G A D
Postmarked Birmingham
Chorus:
Bm F#m G
A two-page letter written on, Ramada stationary.
Bm F#m G
Dated April twenty-two.
G
She asked me not to hate her, said she's
D
sorry.
C A
But leavin's what she felt she had to do.
Turn-around(Bm-A)
D A
So the day she left she made it, two hundred
D
miles south.
Bm F#m
Did she settle there, did she mail this note
G
on her way out of town.
G D
What chance is there to find her, when the
Bm F#m G
only clue I have is
G A D
Postmarked Birmingham
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3
D A
Every day down by the mailbox, standin' on
D
the curb I check.
Bm F#m G
The upper right hand corner, of every piece of mail I get.
G D
Hopin' there's that certain circle,
Bm F#m G
Through the word 'Love' on a stamp.
G A D Bm
Postmarked Birmingham,
G A D
Postmarked Birmingham.
outro D-G-A
Capo on the 1st or 2nd fret
[Thanks to Skeeter for corrections]