Intro:
F Bb F

Verse 1:
F Bb F
If I mistook the sun for mango
F Bb C 
I'd fly up there and reach for it too 
C C C
It's the story of something older
C C F
And bigger than me and you 
F Bb F 
And you told it in a letter
F Bb C
In the form of an evergreen cassette
C C C 
And I played it in the morning
C C F
Til after the sun would set

Chorus:
Dm F
See mother I believe 
Dm F Bb
That half of everything I hear is true
Dm F
Between you and me
Dm F C
I believe the anecdotes too

Verse 2:
F Bb F 
In the veranda, in the midnight heat
F Bb C
Cousins and I would wait for the rain
C C C
Singing songs about America
C C F
And then the first drops came
F Bb F
So don't worry, even though you were
F Bb C
Oceans and continents away
C C C
I heard evergreen hits, Lullabys
C C F
And everything you had to say

Chorus:
Dm F
See mother I believe 
Dm F Bb
That half of everything I hear is true
Dm F
Between you and me
Dm F Bb
I believe the anecdotes too

Bridge:
C
If they get you through 
F
Cause time, time can't be bent with the drop of a tear
Bb
You'd see it rain in our house for a year
F
This is the sound of the beating you'd hear
C
F
All the tapes, we've taped over all of our hopes and our fears
Bb
The open veranda's been flooded for years
F
I always hoped that I'd see you here
C
Dm F
Ahhhhh, ahhhhhh
Dm F Bb
Ahhhhh, ahhhh, ahhhh
Dm F
Ahhhhh, ahhhhh
Dm F Bb
Ahhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhh
F
But time, time can't be bent with the drop of a tear
Bb
And though you say you missed out all of those years
F
Your voice on the tapes always kept us near
C

Chorus:
Dm F
See mother I believe 
Dm F Bb
That half of everything I hear is true
Dm F
Between you and me
Dm F Bb
I believe in everything you do