Dear Diary
Dear Diary

Dear Diary easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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Fret 3

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  • C

  • Gm

    3

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  • Gm

    3
    • Verse 1
    I 
    got 
    I 
    got a 
    strange envelope 

    in the mail 

    not too long 
    ago 

    it was a 
    weird 
    looking thing 

    was 
    very old 
    crinkly 
    kind of 

    manila paper 

    and writing 
    on it 
    was very faded 

    almost 
    illegible 
    ink 

    an
    d when I 
    opened this package 

    a dust 
    blew into my 
    face 
    and I 

    I 
    found inside 
    this 
    package 

    a 
    cassette 
    in incredibly 
    decrepit, 

    ancient 
    condition, 

    so 
    dried 
    that it was almost 
    impossible to 
    play. 

    It was only 
    by 
    some heroic 

    reclamation 
    efforts 

    by 
    some technicians 

    that 
    we were able to 
    play 

    this cassette at 
    all, 

    and then 
    we 
    had 
    to get it translated, 

    and 
    what I'd like to 
    do for you now 

    is simply 
    a translation 

    of 
    what 
    I found 
    on that 
    cassette. 

    Dear 
    Diary, 

    Dear 
    Diary, 

    I'm 
    writing 
    these 
    lines 

    the 
    1st 
    of 
    September 
    1939. 

    Had 
    lunch 
    with Ava, 
    went 
    to the 
    zoo, 

    and 
    oh, 
    by 
    the way, 

    started 
    World 
    War 
    II 
    a good 
    day. 

    La 
    la la, 
    and 
    so 
    to 
    bed. 

    Dear 
    diary, 
    dear 
    diary, 

    another 
    day 
    gone, 

    Went 
    bowling 
    with 

    Goring 
    and 
    watered 
    the 
    lawn, 

    Went 
    to 
    the 
    opera, 
    went to 
    a 
    dance, 

    Bombed 
    London, 
    bombed 
    Coventry, 

    Rolled 
    across 
    France, 
    a good 
    day, 

    La 
    la la, 
    on 
    Sault 
    -D' 
    -Ebel. 

    Dear 
    diary, 
    dear 
    diary, 

    to Moscow 
    we 
    go 

    The 
    children 
    all 
    tell 
    me that 

    we 
    shall 
    have snow 

    The 
    hills 
    will 
    be 
    covered, 

    the 
    children 
    will 
    play 

    We're 
    sure 
    to 
    take 
    Stalingrad 

    most 
    any 
    day 

    A good 
    day, 
    la, 
    la, 
    la, 

    once 
    or 
    t 'better 

    Dear 
    diary, 
    dear 
    diary, 

    the 
    hour 
    is 
    late, 

    The 
    Russians 
    are 
    bombing 

    the 
    Chancellery 
    gate, 

    The 
    rate 
    things 
    are 
    going, 

    they're 
    sure 
    to break 
    in, 

    Hel
    lo 
    Buenos 
    Aires, 
    Wiedersehen 
    Berlin, 

    Good 
    day, 
    ta ta 
    ta, 
    und 
    so 
    Tibet, 

    Outro 1
    Gute 
    Nacht! 


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