Artist:David Singer
Song: I Will Come Back From the War
Album: Civil Wars
Tabbed by: Don Tago
email: recebedou@yahoo.com

Standard Tuning

Chords used:
      EASGBe
Ab5   466544
Bb5   113311
Bb5-2 6887--
C5    335533
Db5   4466--
Eb5   6688--
F5    133211
Fm    133111
G5    355433
Gm    355333

Intro: C5  G5  Gm  F  Fm  C5  F G5

Verse 1:
C5              G5        Gm                 F      Fm
  i picture you sleeping.     when i am not there. 
               C5         F                        G5
i think of you smiling. extending yourself to the edge of the mattress. 
C5            G5       Gm                     F     Fm
  i see our apartment.    the clothes on the floor. 
                  C5
the books on the nightstand.  
     F                           G5 
your breath on my face and your hair on the pillow. 
     C5          Bb5          Ab5
you told me that you were so happy. 
         Eb5           C#5              Ab5
in that dress that the sun shone right through. 
G5                        C5             Bb5       Ab5
i will come back from the war. and then i'll marry you. 
Eb5                       Bb5-2             C5    Bb5         Ab5
the ocean is wide and it's deep. but the undertow pulls me to you. 
G5                        C5             Bb5       Ab5
i will come back from the war. and then i'll marry you.

Verse 2: (chords: second verse; same as first)

we leave in the morning. i'm terribly scared. 
i want to return as the man that you saw wave goodbye at the station. 
i will try to be careful. i will button my coat. 
i will count the days backward. 
i will concentrate and will the bullets to miss me. 
you told me that you were so happy. it turns out that i'm happy too. 
i will come back from the war. and then i'll marry you.
i make a lousy soldier. my heart isn't in it that's true
i will come back from the war. and then i'll marry you.