Postmarked Birmingham (Blackhawk)

Capo 3rd. fret
Intro:  ( C7 (x32310@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)C) (x32010@1)
C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)   
I recognize the writing,  on the plain white envelope.
Am (x02210@1)                      F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)       FI've (133211@1)wondered where she'd wind up,  before she called or wrote.
F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)              FThe (133211@1)answer's in a circle,  through the word 'Love' on a stamp,
Dm (xx0231@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)        F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)    FOr (133211@1)I could see Seattle,  with her mom and dad up there.
F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)          FShe (133211@1)never mentioned Alabama,  so I don't understand.
Dm (xx0231@1)       G (320003@1)    CPostmarked (x32010@1)Birmingham

Chorus:
Am (x02210@1)              G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)GA (320003@1)two-page letter written on,  Ramada stationary.  
Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)   FDated (133211@1)April twenty-two.
Dm (xx0231@1)                                      FShe (133211@1)asked me not to hate her,  said she's sorry.  
    Dm (xx0231@1)              F (133211@1)             G (320003@1) ?  ?
But 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)                  FDid (133211@1)she settle there, did she mail this note 
   C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)    Fon (133211@1)her way out of town.
     F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)         FWhat (133211@1)chance is there to find her,  when the only clue I have is
Dm (xx0231@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)             F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)     FThe (133211@1)upper right hand corner,  of every piece of mail I get.
F (133211@1)                         CHopin' (x32010@1)there's that certain circle,  
            G (320003@1)              FThrough (133211@1)the word 'Love' on a stamp.
Dm (xx0231@1)       G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)   
Postmarked Birmingham,  
Dm (xx0231@1)       G (320003@1)    C7 (x32310@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)CPostmarked (x32010@1)Birmingham.


   


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