C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)   
I recognize the writing,  on the plain white envelope.
Am (x02210@1)                G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)           CI've (x32010@1)wondered where she'd wind up,  before she called or wrote.
    F (133211@1)           G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)              AmThe (x02210@1)answer's in a circle,  through the word 'Love' on a stamp,
Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)    CPostmarked (x32010@1)Birmingham

C (x32010@1)                                     G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)   
I'd have bet on California,  'cause her sister's in Bel Aire.
   Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)            COr (x32010@1)I could see Seattle,  with her mom and dad up there.
C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)           AmShe (x02210@1)never mentioned Alabama,  so I don't understand.
Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)    CPostmarked (x32010@1)Birmingham

Chorus:
Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)
A two-page letter written on,  Ramada stationary.  
Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1) G (320003@1)      CDated (x32010@1)April twenty-two.
Dm (xx0231@1)                                      CShe (x32010@1)asked me not to hate her,  said she's sorry.  
    Dm (xx0231@1)              F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)GBut (320003@1)leavin's what she felt she had to do.

C (x32010@1)                            G (320003@1)           CSo (x32010@1)the day she left she made it,  two hundred miles south.
        Am (x02210@1)                  G (320003@1)       AmDid (x02210@1)she settle there, did she mail this note 
   F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)    Con (x32010@1)her way out of town.
     F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)         AmWhat (x02210@1)chance is there to find her,  when the only clue I have is
Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)    CPostmarked (x32010@1)Birmingham

Repeat Chorus

C (x32010@1)                                G (320003@1)           CEvery (x32010@1)day down by the mailbox,  standin' on the curb I check.
    Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)          F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)     CThe (x32010@1)upper right hand corner,  of every piece of mail I get.
       F (133211@1)                  C (x32010@1) AmHopin' (x02210@1)there's that certain circle,  
            G (320003@1)              AmThrough (x02210@1)the word 'Love' on a stamp.
Dm (xx0231@1)C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)   
Postmarked Birmingham,  
F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)G (320003@1)CPostmarked (x32010@1)Birmingham.