Capo 3 Intro: G, Am7, G/B, C2. X2 G Am7 G/B C2 Am7 G/B C2 She walked to the mailbox, On that bright summer’s day G Am7 G/B C2 (G) (D) G Found a letter from her son, in a war far away G Am7 G/B C2 G Am7 G/B C2 He spoke of the weather And good friends that he’d made G Am7 C2 Said, “I’ve been thinking ‘bout Dad And the life that he had. (G) (D) G G That’s why I’m here today.” Then at the end he said G/D Dsus4 C2 Dsus4 G D/F# C2 G/B “You are what I’m fighting for.” It was the first of his letters from war. C2 D C2 Dsus4 She started writing Your good, and you’re brave C2/E D/F# What a father that youll be some day C2 Dsus4 Make it home, make it safe C2/E D/F# She wrote every night as she prayed G Am7 G/B C2 G G/B C2 And late in December A day she’ll not forget G Am7 G/B C2 (G) D/F# G Oh, her tears stained the paper With every word that she read G Am7 It said I was up on a hill I was out there alone G/B C2 When the shots all rang out and bombs were exploding G D/F# That’s when I saw him He came back for me C2 G/D And though he was captured a man set me free C2 D/F# G G And that man was your son He asked me to write to you C2 Dsus4 C Dsus4 G D/F# C/E B/D I told him I would Oh I swore It was the last of the letters from war Am7 G/B And she prayed he was living and kept on believing F And wrote every night just to say C2 Dsus4 You are good, and you’re brave C2/E D/F# What a father that youll be some day C2 Dsus4 Make it home, make it safe C2/E D/F# Still she kept writing each day G Am7 G/B C2 And then, two years later, G Am7 G/B C2 Am7 G/B C2 Autumn leaves all around A car pulled in the driveway (G) D/F# G Am7 G/B C2 And she fell to the ground And out stepped a captain G Am7 G/B C2 G Am7 Where her boy used to stand he said, “Mom, I’m following orders G/B C2 C/E G From all of your letters and I’ve come home again D/F# G C/E C G/B He ran in to hold her and dropped all his bags on the floor C D7sus4 G C/E G/D C G/B C Holding all of her letters from war. Dsus4 G D/F# C/E G/D C G/B C Bring him home, Dsus4 G D/F# C/E G/D C G/B C Bring him home, Dsus4 G D/F# C/E G/D C G/B Am7 G/B C … G Bring him home,