C                                G                 C     
I recognize the writing,  on the plain white envelope.
Am                  G          Am   F      G             C
I've wondered where she'd wind up,  before she called or wrote.
    F             G   Am               G                Am
The answer's in a circle,  through the word 'Love' on a stamp,
Dm   C     G      C
Postmarked Birmingham

C                                       G               C     
I'd have bet on California,  'cause her sister's in Bel Aire.
   Am          G    F             G              C
Or I could see Seattle,  with her mom and dad up there.
C         F            C         G             Am
She never mentioned Alabama,  so I don't understand.
Dm   C     G      C
Postmarked Birmingham

Chorus:
Am                F            G              C  
A two-page letter written on,  Ramada stationary.  
Am    F   G        C
Dated April twenty-two.
Dm                                        C
She asked me not to hate her,  said she's sorry.  
    Dm                F    C   G   F  G
But leavin's what she felt she had to do.

       C                              G             C
So the day she left she made it,  two hundred miles south.
        Am                    G         Am
Did she settle there, did she mail this note 
   F       G      C
on her way out of town.
     F                  C                   G           Am
What chance is there to find her,  when the only clue I have is
Dm   C      G      C
Postmarked Birmingham

Repeat Chorus

      C                                  G             C
Every day down by the mailbox,  standin' on the curb I check.
    Am               G   Am            F     G       C
The upper right hand corner,  of every piece of mail I get.
       F                    C   Am
Hopin' there's that certain circle,  
            G                Am
Through the word 'Love' on a stamp.
Dm  C      G      C     
Postmarked Birmingham,  
F   C      G      C      F  G  C
Postmarked Birmingham.