C
well i found a bunch of letters

          F                          G
that were written for the fellow who broke your momma's heart

        C              F                      G
and the envelope folds smelled of her ancient perfume

F                   G
i'll bet she didn't know

         C                Em          Am
how to respond before the blankets of snow

G              F         G
caught him out wandering alone

G                C
with no place to go
 
 

F                       G
there were stars in the sky

           C             Em
there were houses on the hill

               Am         G               F
and there were bottles of pills that were easy to buy

   G                      C
to keep her warm from the oncoming storm
 

       C                           F                        G
well i found them in the northwest corner of the attic in a box

G
labeled tinsel and lights

       C
didn't know what I was I looking for

F                       G
maybe just a blanket or artifacts

F                      G
eisenhower sent him to war

            C            Em              Am             G
he kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart

G           F
and when he hit shore

G                               C
must have been a target for the gunman
 
 
 

F                       G
there were stars in the sky

           C              Em                  Am         G
there were bunkers on the hill and there were caskets to fill

G     F
where he will lie

G                             C
shrouded in the red white and blue with the stripes
 
 

F                       G
there were stars in the sky

           C             Em
there were houses on the hill

               Am         G               F
and there were bottles of pills that were easy to buy

   G
to keep her warm from the oncoming storm