Key: D major
Verse 1
to put away your letters
In a grey metal box with two broken locks
Next to an old birdcage
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When I went to put your letters inside
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I found another packet,
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covered with dust
and smelling of must
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A
D
A
D
that came from another age.
A
Bm
My grandmother's love letters
D
E
held in her trembling hand
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Bm
They were a world to her,
they were her youth,
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E
they made her whisper low,
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G
D
seventy -seven years ago.
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Bm
My grandmother's love letters,
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E
so firmly in her grasp,
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Bm
that means she breathed the
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E
air of long ago.
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D
I loved her so.
what makes the tide come in
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E
Oh, Father, time decides
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D
when he'll come for one of us.
what makes the eagle fly
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D
F#m
D
and the southern wind blow.
Bm
D
These things, they come, they go,
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Asus4
G
E
like portents, omens, dreams.
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D
A
D
things you never know.
A
Bm
My grandmother's love letters
D
E
when she was seventeen
They were youth.
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E
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G
She tied them with a bow.
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A
Bm
My grandmother's love letters,
D
E
so firmly in her grasp,
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Bm
And I'm the air she breathed
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E
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so long ago.
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Gm
Some things you'll never know,
what makes the tide come in
F#m
Bm
How far their time decides
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when he'll come for one of us.
D
Gm
Edim
Some things you never know.
D
F#m
and the southern wind blow.
Bm
D
These things, they come, they go.
E
Asus4
G
Bm
D
Like portents, omens, dreams,
E
Asus4
G
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D
Bm
you'll never know.
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E
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Bm
D
Asus4
A
E
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G
77 years ago. you
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