The Letter (almost Home) chords
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Artist: Clint Daniels
CD:
Released: June 2003
Clint Daniels - The letter (Almost home)
----->(Capo 1st fret)----
Intro - D - A - Bm - A - G - A - D
(verse 1)
D A Bm - A
The guns are quiet on the front tonight,
G A D - A
A soldier takes his chance to write,
D A Bm - A
Dear Jenny are you doin well,
G A D
I'm missing you and this war is hell,
(verse 2)
D A Bm - A
Word came down through the mail today,
G A Bm - A
Three more months and I'm on my way,
D A Bm - A
Back to you and my baby girl,
G A D
She looks like momma in her little curls,
(bridge)
Em7 F#m G A
Wish I was there right now to rock my girl to sleep,
Em7 F#m G Bm
I can't wait to hold you close, and feel your heart beat,
(chorus)
G A Bm A G A Bm - A
Al-most home, thank the Lord I'm almost home,
G A Bm - A
Headed back where I belong,
G A D
One more tour and I'm almost home,
(verse 3)
D A Bm - A
They opened fire at the break of dawn,
G A Bm - A
When I found him he was nearly gone,
D A Bm - A
He had this letter in his hand,
G A D
A family picture in the sand,
(bridge)
Em7 F#m G A
I didn't know who he was, when I found him there,
Em7 F#m
But these words will live with me,
G Bm
Cause it was his last prayer,
(chorus)
G A Bm A G A Bm - A
Al-most home, thank the Lord I'm almost home,
G A Bm - A
Headed back where I belong,
G A D
One more tour and I'm almost home,
(Instrumental - Em7-F#m-G-A-Em7-F#m-G-Bm)
(verse 4)
D A Bm - A
Jenny I'm writing this to you,
G A Bm - A
It feels like something I have to do,
D A Bm - A
They wrapped him up in a flag today,
G A D
He's comming home, he's on his way,
(chorus)
G A Bm A G A Bm - A
Al-most home, oh thank the Lord he's almost home,
G A Bm - A
If it weren't for him, we'd all be gone,
G A D
But because of him I'm commin home,
G A Bm - A
Headed back where I belong,
G A D
There's no more war and I"m comming home,
(Outro - D - A - Bm - A - G - A - D)