Capo on the 1st fret F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C She Walked to the mailbox on that bright Summer's day F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)Found a letter from her son in a war far away. C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)He spoke of the weather and good friends that he'd made C (x32010@1)Said "I've been thinking about dad and the life that he had that's F (133211@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)why I'm here today." G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)And then at the end he said, "You are what I'm fighting for" G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)It was the first of the letters from war. Chorus: F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C And she started writing "You are good and your brave C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1)What a father that you'll be someday, G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Make it home make it safe," She wrote every night as she prayed. F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Then late in December a day she'll not forget F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)oh, her tears stained the paper with every word that she read G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)It said "I was up on a hill I was out there alone G (320003@1) F (133211@1)When the shots all rang out and bombs were exploding G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)That's when I saw him, he came back for me G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1)And though he was captured a man set me free F (133211@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)And that man was your son he asked me to write to you G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)I told him I would, oh, I swore," F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)It was the last of the letters from war. Am (x02210@1)And she prayed he was living C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)Kept on believing and wrote every night just to say. Chorus: G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C "You are good and your brave C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1)What a father that you'll be someday, G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C F (133211@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Make it home make it safe," and so she kept writing each day. F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Then two years later, Autumn leaves all around F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)A car pulls in the drive way, and she fell to the ground C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)And out steps a Captain where her boy used to stand C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)He said "Mom I'm following orders from all of your letters F (133211@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)And I've come home again." G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)He ran in to hold her dropped all his bags on the floor F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Holding all of her letters from war G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Bring him home G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Bring him home G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Bring him home