Dear Sister
Written by Claire Lynch and Louisa Branscomb
Recorded by Claire Lynch
(Capo on 2)
Intro.: |(C) |(C∆/B) |(Am) |(F/A) |(C/G) |(C/G) |(G) |(G) - - -
This could (C)be my last (C∆/B)letter
I may (Am)never see the (F/A)cotton fields of (C)home again (G)
I (C)miss you, Dear (C∆/B)Sister
To-(Am)night I never (F/A)felt so all alone (C) (G)
And the (Am)fog was so (F)thick that the (C)Stone's (Am)River (G)stars
Could (Am)scarcely in-(F)vade the (C)dread (Am)and the (G)dark
And (C)all that I could (C∆/B)see when I (Am)closed my eyes to (G)dream
(C/E)Was home, (F) (C)(Am) sweet (G)home - - -
Solo: |(Dm) |(Am) |(G) |(G) - - -
In the (C)camps of Round (C∆/B)Forest
The (Am)midnight (G)coals were (F)glowing through the (C) haze (G)
The (C)union boys sang (C∆/B)Hail Columbia
(Am) Then (F)we sang Look Away, (C) Look Away (G)
And then a (Am)hush in the (F)rain and there (C)rose a (Am)sweet re-(G)frain
In the (Am)dark before (F)dawn, in-(C)stead of (Am)battle (G)songs
The (D)enemy and (D∆/C#)we all (Bm)sang a melody (A)
Was home, (F) (C)(Am) sweet (G)home
Solo: |(C) |(C∆/B) |(Am) |(F) |(C) |(C)(Am)|(G) |(G) |
|(C) |(C∆/B) |(Am) |(F) |(C) |(C)(Am)|(G) |(G) |
|(Am) |(F) |(C)(Am)|(G) |(Am) |(F) |(C) |(C)(Am)|(G) - - -
So if (C)this is my last (C∆/B)letter
And I (Am)never see (G) the (F)cotton fields of (C/G)home again (G)
If I (C)fall here at Stonefs (C∆/B)River
I (Am)know that (G)God will (F)bear away my (C)soul to be with (G)Him
And I'll (Am)wait (G)for you (F)there where (C)all is (Am)bright and (G)fair
Where the (Am)light (G)of His (F)face out-(C)shines the (Am)Blue and (G)Gray
Where (C)all of human-(C∆/B)kind, yes, (Am)every man will (G)find
(C/E)His home, (F) (C)(Am)sweet (G)home
Outro.: |(C) |(C∆/B) |(Am) |(Em) |(Dm) / (E)(F)|(G) |(F) |(C/E)(G/D)|(C) - - - - -
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