Key: F major•
Intro 1
F
C
F
C
F
Verse 1
F
C
F
I got your letter in the mail
C
F
It's throwing off my sense of scale
Bb
F
C
I felt you touch my heart today
F
C
But the postmark says you're far away
F
Bb
F
C
Across the fields and deserts wide
F
Bb
F
C
F
The mountains and the western sky
C
F
I pray the sun sets on the sea
C
F
C
F
C
F
So very far away from me
C
F
Shadows fall upon my hand
C
F
Moving west across the land
C
F
You're only half way through your day
F
Bb
F
C
As lonely as I've ever been
F
Bb
F
C
F
I long to hear your voice again
F
C
F
Bb
I miss you and I love you so
F
C
F
Bb
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
The farther I go down the track,
C
F
the more time I spend looking back.
C
F
I wander through my memories,
Bb
F
C
more precious now than gold to me.
F
Bb
F
C
I close my eyes and I recall
F
Bb
C
F
C
F
when I was young and you were small
C
F
You know I missed those times back then
But today you brought
C
F
C
F
them back again
C
F
C
F
I got your letter in the mail
C
F
Throwing off my sense of scale
C
F
It made me happy, it made me sad
C
F
To read those words, I love you, Dad.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF C Bb
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