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John Michael Montgomery - Letters From Home (no Capo) (Chord)
Album: Letters from Home (2004)
Submitter: palamin0 (146) on 2/20/04 20 comments
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Artist: John Michael Montgomery
Title: Letters From Home
released: Feb 2004
chords by: palamin0 at countrytabs.com


John Michael Montgomery - Letters From Home


Intro - C




(verse 1)
C
My dearest son it's almost June,

I hope this letter catches up with you,
    F
And finds you well,
C
It's been dry but they're callin for rain,

Everything's the same ol' same,
   F
In Johnsonville,



(bridge)
Am                 G                    F
 Your stuborn old daddy ain't said too much,
                          Dm
But I'm sure you know he sends his love,
             Gsus-G                    C
And she goes on,     in a letter from home,



(chorus)
F
I hold it up and show my buddy's like we ain't scared
                                C
and our boots ain't muddy, And they all laugh,
             G                            Am 
Like there's somethin funny bout the way I talk,
                           F
When I say mama sends her best ya'll,
   F
I fold it up and put it in my shirt,

Pick up my gun and get back to work,
C        G             Am 
 And it keeps me drivin on,
        F   G               C
Waitin on,    Letters from home,



(verse 2)
C
My dearest love it's almost dawn,

I've been lyin here all night long,
        F
Wonderin where you might be,
C
I saw your mama and I showed her the ring,

Man on the television said something,
F
So I couldn't sleep,


(bridge)
Am              G                     F
  But I'll be alright I'm just missin you,
                Dm                 Gsus-G
And this is me kissin you, X's and O's,
                  C
In a letter from home,



(chorus)
F
I hold it up and show my buddy's like we ain't scared
                               C
and our boots ain't muddy, And they all laugh,
           G                      Am 
Cause she calls me honey but they take it hard,
                         F
Cause I don't read the good part,
   F
I fold it up and put it in my shirt,

Pick up my gun and get back to work,
C        G             Am 
 And it keeps me drivin on,
        F   G               C
Waitin on,    Letters from home,




(bridge)
F
Dear son I know I ain't written,
    F                                             C
But sittin here tonight alone in the kitchen it occurs to me,
   G                             Am 
I might not have said it so I'll say it now,
                  F   G   F
Son you make me proud,




(chorus)
F
I hold it up and show my buddy's like we ain't scared
                                   C
and our boots ain't muddy, but no one laughs,
             G                         Am 
Cause there ain't nothin funny when a soldier cries,
             F
And I just wipe my eyes,
 F
I fold it up and put it in my shirt,

Pick up my gun and get back to work,
C        G             Am 
 And it keeps me drivin on,
        F   Gsus   G               C
Waitin on,          Letters from home, 
 Comments (click here to add a non-facebook comment)
Here's a little something you can use for intro..

e-----------------------------------------
B--0h1-1-1-------------0h1-1-1------------
G-------0-0-0h2-0-----------0-0-0h2-0-----
D----------------2-0-----------------2-0--
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------
-rune | 2/22/2004
sounds awesome, good job
-calcountrykid | 2/25/2004
great job. is this song about a father who has a son at war? pardon my idiocy...
-Baumann | 2/25/2004
In the end it's the mans Father talking... At the beginning it's his Mother...
In the middle it's his Fiancee...

This is a great song and really hits home seeing as
I've been in the situation (well except for the fiancee part LOL)
he's singing about... Those letters from home really do keep you driving on...
-StampedeUSMC | 2/26/2004
This is truly a great song and you hit the chords perfectly...nice work!
-Saltyk94 | 5/25/2004
thanx for tabing it out......been trying for a while but coulndt quite get it right

signed,
a sailor
-kenthebert | 5/29/2004
can u explain the Gsus-G
-acoustic-hokie | 6/6/2004
I'm a soldier stationed in Europe. I sing and
play in some of the local pubs around here on
the weekends and I have been wanting to
perform this song ever since I first heard it.
My problem now is getting through the whole
song without tearing up. Thanks and GREAT job!
-h_slaughter | 6/11/2004
great song and great tab!

-amabala | 6/22/2004
hey i'm kinda new at the guitar thing and i know every chord on this except could someone please show me what a Gsus is i'd really apreciate it
-jewboy34 | 7/23/2004
good chords but what the hell is the picking pattern ???? someone please help
-deavertwin | 7/27/2004
I also loved this song from it's debut I live in Canada and have good friends stationed away and can't Imagine what it is like but to all stationed away from U.S and Can. thanks!! BTW to the tabber!, great job Kudo's!!
-Starting_Again | 8/23/2004
great song and great tab - i can't stop playing it on the ol' six string - sgt. bryan, baqouba, iraq
-soapman | 9/30/2004
Just wanted to say thanks for making this playable for everyone, especially me. I've got a nephew over there in Iraq, and this song touchs close to home. My poor sister and her family worry about him and can't wait to get letters from him, vise versa.
Thank you,
Ace Crawford
-AceCrawford | 12/10/2004
This song is awsome & I am also new to the guitar & don't know much.My brother is going over there December 26 & has to leave on Christmas Day!He loves this song so I am going to surprise him & play it for him his last christmas...Thanx for the awsome tab!
-GoatLover77 | 12/12/2004
This song is awsome & I am also new to the guitar & don't know much.My brother is going over there December 26 & has to leave on Christmas Day!He loves this song so I am going to surprise him & play it for him his last christmas...Thanx for the awsome tab!
-GoatLover77 | 12/12/2004
e--1h3-3-3-0h1-0
B-------1-1---3-1 play this twice at the beginning and anytime you here the lick. IT works just fine.
-sur | 1/14/2005
im a soldier in the Army i like this song and relate to it.almost makes you think he was a soldier
-vrod669 | 3/11/2005
this song sounds great and make you wonder what family is all about.makes you love them bofore there gone and in this case his mother died and his dad wroght a letter to tell him, this song make me call my mom and say hi.
-redneck01 | 4/3/2005
My name is SGT Holman. This song kinda hit home for me in a big way. I went to Kuwait with a "POSTAL COMPANY" We ran a very large post office and delivered a lot of mail. It was kinda our theme song for the whole year.
Thanks to all who support our troops!!
matthew.holman1@us.army.mil
-M@79 | 4/10/2005
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