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The Mail Will Go Through chords by
Tom Paxton
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
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"I frequently wish that the government
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would ease up a little bit in
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providing me with topics for songs.

Do you ever get that feeling yourself?
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You've just about got your desk cleared
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off and you look up and here
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comes somebody with two armloads

of work for you.

Well I get that feeling watching these guys

give their press
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conferences. I'm sitting

there saying "Aw, no.
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18 more songs to write". For example,

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it was about this time last year when the United

States Post Office

announced their plans to deliver

the mail after the nuclear holocaust.
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And I said, "Aw,
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no. Another song to write." As it happens,
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I have a brother in law who's actually
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quite highly placed in the
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postal department there in Washington,
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and we had Thanksgiving dinner down at their house in Virginia,
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and at one point I called him aside,

I said, "Bill.

I'm gonna have to write a song

about that.

" And he's known me a long time

and he'd kinda halfway been expecting

that, and uh,

all he asked was that I try to be

kind. And so I tried. And I failed."
Verse 2
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Yes sir, modern life is scary
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It's sure tough on me and thee
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It's hard to count on anything
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this days

When when things get too
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hairy with their insecurities
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We can count on the
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Post Office, Lord we pray
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They say we'll all be cinders in the
Verse 3
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end
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But there's one bright hope on which
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we may depend (may depend)
Verse 4
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They can go and drop the big one

But the mail will go through
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That's a promise to you
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That the mail will go through

There'll be no one left to read

it but the mail will go through
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What a wonderful change
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that will be
Verse 5
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The announcement was so welcome
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It allayed our deepest fears
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It was met with heartfelt cheers
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As we sank a couple beers
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We can write too all our loved ones saying
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"We're no longer here"
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And the mail will go through

Help me sing it
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They can go and drop the big one But the
Verse 6
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mail will go through
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That's a promise to you
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That the mail will go through

There'll be no one left to read

it but the mail will go through
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What a wonderful change
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that will be
Verse 7
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When the final war is over
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And it's been a great success
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We've been powdered more or less
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Comes the mailman express
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He'll come sifting through the ashes
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till he finds the right address
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And the mail will go through
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They can go and drop the big one But the
Verse 8
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mail will go through
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That's a promise to you
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That the mail will go through

There'll be no one left to read

it but the mail will go through
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What a wonderful change that will be
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So the future can't be
Verse 9

all bad
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There's a lot you gotta like
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If they vaporized your bike
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You can take a little hike
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And get your letter in the chute between
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the first and second strike
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And the mail will go through
Verse 10
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They can go and drop the big one

But the mail will go through
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That's a promise to you
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That the mail will go through

There'll be no one left to read

it but the mail will go through
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What a wonderful change
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Bm
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that will be
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What a wonderful change that will be


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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • E

  • Bm

    2

  • B

    2

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of The Mail Will Go Through by Tom Paxton is D major.

The primary chords used in The Mail Will Go Through are D, A, G, E, Bm, B.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, A, G, E, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of The Mail Will Go Through is approximately 67 beats per minute.

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