Postmarked Birmingham chords by Phil Vassar
Verse 1
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I recognize the writing
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D
on the plain white envelope
Bm
I've wondered where
F#m
she'd wind up
G
before she called or wrote
The answer's in a circle
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A
with the word love on
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D
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a stamp
A
Postmarked Birmingham
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Asus4
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Light a bed on California
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D
Cause her sister's in Bel -Air
Bm
Or I could see Seattle
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G
With her mom and dad up there
She never mentioned Alabama
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A
Bbdim
So I don't understand
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D
Postmark Birmingham
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Bm
A two -page letter
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G
written on Ramada stationary
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G
Dated April 22
Em
D
She asked me not to hate her
G
Said she's sorry,
C
I believe it's what she
Asus4
felt she had to do
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D
So the day she left
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D
she made it 200 miles south
Bm
Did she settle there
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or did she mail this note
G
on her way out of town?
D
What chance is there to find her
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Bbdim
when the only clue I have
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G
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D
is postmarked Birmingham
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Bm
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A two -page letter written on re
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Bm
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G
modestationary dated April 22
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D
She asked me not to hate her,
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says she's sorry
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I believe it's what she felt she had
Asus4
A
Em
A
to do
D
Every day down by the mailbox,
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D
standing on the curb I check
Bm
The upper right -hand corner
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G
of every piece of mail I get
Hoping there's that certain circle
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A
Bbdim
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A
with the word love on its stamp
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D
Postmarked Birmingham
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D
C
Postmarked in Birmingham
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Asus4
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D
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