Tom: C
[Chords]
C Fmaj7 G C/B Am
E|-0----0----3----x----x----|
B|-1----1----3----1----1----|
G|-0----2----0----0----2----|
D|-2----3----0----0----2----|
A|-3----3----2----2----0----|
E|-X----1----3----x----x----|
***Notes*** Fmaj7 chord is played with the thumb or just play the top notes if you can't reach. At the end
of each verse and chorus there is a slight Fmaj7 to C change that is one strum each. Bum Bum.
[Intro]
C Fmaj7 G x2
[Verse 1]
C Fmaj7
Well, I found a bunch of letters they were written for the fella
G
Who broke your Momma's heart
C Fmaj7 G
And the envelope folds smelled of her ancient perfume
Fmaj7 G
I'll bet she didn't know
C C/B Am Fmaj7 G
How to respond before the blankets of snow caught him out wandering alone
C Fmaj7 C
With no place to go
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 G
And there was stars in the sky
C C/B Am
There were houses on the hill and there were bottles of pills
Fmaj7 G C Fmaj7 C
That were easy to buy, keep her warm from the oncoming storm
[Verse 2]
C Fmaj7
Well, I found them in the north-west corner of the attic in a box
G
Labeled 'Tinsel and Lights'
C Fmaj7 G
Didn't know what I was looking, maybe just a blanket or artifacts
Fmaj7 G
Eisenhower sent him to war
C C/B Am Fmaj7
He kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart and when he hit
G C Fmaj7 C
the shore, must of been a target for the gunner-men
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 G
There were stars in the sky
C C/B Am
And there were bunkers on the hill and there were caskets to fill
Fmaj7 G C
Where he would lie, shrouded in the red, white and blue with the stripes
Fmaj7 G
There were stars in the sky
C C/B Am
There were houses on the hill and there were bottles of pills
Fmaj7 G C Fmaj7 C
That were easy to buy to keep her warm from the oncoming storm
