Last Letter Home chords by Luke Robinson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Dear Mom and Dad,
I'm alive and well,
I just wanted you to know
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It's been so hot and rainy here
the last two months or so
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But I'm doing what I gotta do
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for dear old Uncle Sam
Who'd have known a year ago
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I'd be in Vietnam
I know what we're fighting for
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and I'm sure we're gonna win
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I'm bunking with a bunch of guys
and they're all fine young men
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There's Texan Murph and Hacksaw
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and this young kid named Malone
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I think I told you about him
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in my last letter home
Mom and Dad,
thanks for the Christmas cookies that you sent
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Malone and I ate half the box
and then we passed them around the tent
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And all that snow that you've been getting,
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I wish I could see some now
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Andrew says he hopes
your old barn roof
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don't come crashing down
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Well, it's been a real tough week here
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Cause old Charlie's on the move
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We lost Murph and Hacksaw
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And five more from our platoon
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We're hurting for replacements
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And supplies are running low
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And I know it's been a long time
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Since my last letter home
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But in my last letter home
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I told them how I'm alone
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Tells the worst jokes in the world,
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and he's always going on
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About that car he calls his baby,
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man he loves that thing so much
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And if we ever make it out of here,
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I'm sure we'll stay in touch
We don't talk about it,
we're both scared to death
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So we talk about my GTO,
and we talk about his vet
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And all that stuff back
home we're missing
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And the girls we plan to date
And the heroes welcome that we'll get
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With the ticker tape parade
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Another thing we never mention
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But every soldier knows
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Is how long he's been in country
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And how much time he has to go
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Speaking of short timers
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My pal Andrew Malone
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Just yesterday was right
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In last letter home,
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he told his mom and dad
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How much he was missing them,
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but soon he'd be back
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How he'd been to Saigon,
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got a tattoo on his arm
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And how he couldn't wait
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to get back to the farm
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But later on  that evening,
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Charlie took us by surprise
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They were less than 20 feet away
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when we opened fire
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In seconds it was over
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and I thought we'd won the fight
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But Andy said,
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I'm hit in the stillness of the night
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He said, I'll never get to
tell my folks goodbye
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He pulled a letter from his pocket
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right before he died
So, Mom and Dad, I'm writing
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to let you know that I'm okay
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By the time you get this,
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I'll be headed for the States
There's one more stop
I've gotta make
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before my duty is done
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Cause he was like my brother
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and he was their only son
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Well I gotta take a detour
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but I'll be back for too long
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Cause I promise I'll deliver his last
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letter home
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You