Letter Home chords by
Wendy Waldman

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Key: Ab major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Dear

Mama, I hope that you're alright

I can hear the thunder rolling across

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the southern sky tonight

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The kids are asleep and the

TV's on and I'm sitting here alone

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And I just thought I'd

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write this letter home

I was the one you were counting on

The family's high school star

When

Jimmy and me ran off that summer

C

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Must have broken you and

daddy's heart

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Yeah, we didn't need nobody's help

We were 18 years and grown

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And I never sent a single

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D

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letter home

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Letters home,

Bm

Bm

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C

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I wrote them in my dreams

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Asking if I'd known what

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I know now

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D

D

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Would it even have changed a thing?

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The hardest part of looking back is

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the mistakes are all your own

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Oh, it's harder to say than in

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these letters below

Jimmy found somebody else,

he told me that on

New

Year's

Day

He said he felt like a man with her

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and I watched them drive away

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With children and rant,

there was no time for tears, just time to carry on

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I didn't know how to tell you,

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so there was no letter home

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Letters home,

Bm

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C

C

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I wrote them in my dreams

D

D

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Asking if I'd known what

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I know now

Bm

Bm

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Would it even have changed

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D

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Dsus4

Dsus4

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a thing?

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G

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The hardest part of looking back

C

C

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Is the mistakes are all your own

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C

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And you just can't hide them

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You must let us know

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Na, na, na, na

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Na, na, na, na, na, na, na

C

C

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Na, na, na, na

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Na na na, na na na na

C

C

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Na na na, na na na na

Now I work in a place with some other girls

And we're all doing alright

We raise our kids and our

jeans still fit

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And sometimes we go out at night

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I'm 29 years young today and

I've lived it to the bone

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And I just wanted to send

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you this letter home

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C

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Na na na na, na na na na na na na

C

C

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C

C

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G

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Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,

C

C

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C

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na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,

C

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Na -na -na -na -na -n a -na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na

C

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-na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na -n a -na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na

you

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Chords

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Dsus4
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Capo: 1

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Letter Home by Wendy Waldman is Ab major.

The primary chords used in Letter Home are Ab, Db, Eb, Cm, Ebsus4, Gb.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 1 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Ab, Db, Eb, Cm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Letter Home is approximately 130 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Letter Home using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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