Key: A

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: F#m- - D-- x4


Verse 1:
F#m       D F#m           D
   this is     the closest 
F#m              D F#m              D
   to this friend     that i've been
F#m       D   F#m    D
   i hope you find it 
F#m                 D F#m         D
   on greener ground     and bluer
 A      D
skies i hope you dont think 
                  D
less of me if i'm cold
       C#m               A
i dont want to watch you go
     D           C#m    
i'll cry until i can't see the 
               A
whites of your eyes 
             D
for two more years
C#m               D C#m
for two more years


Chorus 1:
      F#m D A    E
we'll be    old enough to 
     F#m   D A
know better  young 
 E           F#m
enough to pretend
D
  this is the 
A          E
last of my letters


Post chorus: F#m- - D--


Verse 2:
A          E       D   F#m E
  i hope i find my home 
      A               E            D F#m E
and i hope you're the first one in it
A         E            D   F#m E
i know it won't be the same
D(hold)
i'll be there if you need 
   A
anything at all you want to be
D
run around the world with me
 A
state your distance but 
           D       E      A
it's not a million miles away
if this is what will 
E
really make you happy
D
  then i'll say that


Chorus 2:
      F#m D A    E
we'll be    old enough to 
     F#m   D A
know better  young 
 E           F#m
enough to pretend
D
  this is the 
A          E
last of my letters
F#m  D     A
   Until I see you
E        
see you again


Outro: A- - A/C# - E - A(hold), A-- plucking all throughout