Just some simple chords for this great song. It's not played with a capo but 
sounds nice with one on the 2nd fret. 

( C5 , F5 , G5 )( C5 , F5 , G5 )

         C5                                 F5
Well I found a bunch of letters they were written for the fella
      G5
Who broke your Momma's heart
           C5             F5                   G5
And the envelope folds smelled of her ancient perfume
F5                 G5 
I'll bet she didn't know
          C5                  /B5        A5                    F5     G5
How to respond before the blankets of snow caught him out wandering alone
                  C5
With no place to go

( F5 , C5 )

F5                        G5
And there was stars in the sky
             C5            /B5                   A5        
There were houses on the hill and there were bottles of pills
          F5          G5                      C5
That were easy to buy, keep her warm from the oncoming storm

Well I found them in the north-west corner of the attic in a box
Labeled 'Tinsel and Lights'
Didn't know what I was looking, maybe just a blanket or artifacts
Eisenhower sent him to war
He kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart and when he hit 
the shore, must of been a target for the gunner-men

There were stars in the sky
And there were bunkers on the hill and there were caskets to fill
Where he would lie, shrouded in the red, white and blue with the stripes

(Chorus 1)