Dear Miss
Recorded by Zach Bryan
Album: Single (2025)

(Intro.)
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|(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(Em) / (C) / |(G) / / / |(G) /

(Verse 1)
There's a (G)letter to your mother that is hidden in my desk
That I (C)wrote to her in a sober (G)mind
(C)It's my apology for (G)all the things I used to be
And (Em)swearin' I'll (C)change over time (G)
She (G)might not believe me 'cause no one ever does
Except her (C)daughter that loves me (G)true
(C)God forbid all it takes (G)for a boy to finally wait
Just to (Em)be cherished and (C)loved all the way (G) through

(Verse 2)
She (G)lets me drink my liquor when I'm singin' through the night
She (C)slaps my hand when it's (G)too much
She's (G)mean and she's kind, (G)strong and divine
And Lord (Em)only (C) knows how (G) tough

(Chorus)
So dear (Em)Miss, by the (C)time you (G)see this
(G) It'll be in (Em)love or it'll (C)be in (Em)pain
May (C)God bless and (G)keep us
May you (G)think kind (C)of my name |(Em) / / / |

(Instrumental)
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|(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(Em) / (C) / |(G) / / / |

(Verse 3)
And I (G)know I've had my days and I've made my mistakes
So please (C)point me to the nearest perfect (G)man
I'll (C)gladly take advice from a (G)man with no vice
If it (Em)means I can (C)hold your (G) hand

(Verse 4)
(G)She was raised up proper and I was raised up
With a (C)poor working boy's (G)heart
The (C)way the light is beatin' on her (G)smilin' cheeks this evenin'
Is the (Em)finest of the (C)world's fine (G) art

(Chorus)
So dear (Em)Miss, by the (C)time you (G)see this
(G) It'll be in (Em)love or it'll (C)be in (Em)pain
May (C)God bless and (G)keep us
May you (G)think kind (C)of my (Em) name

(Instrumental)
|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |
|(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(Em) / (C) / |(G) / /

(Outro.)
And she's (G)standin' in the doorway ramblin' on about my old ways
How (C)they were reckless and free (G)
How (C)all my imperfections and (G)every ugly lesson
Is worth (Em)every last (C)second with me (G) - - - - -