A Letter From Home

//Capo on 4
//For a little extra bass variation whilst playing , open up the A – string on the G
chord and the D – string on the C – chord every other strum .

//intro
G C G D G

//verse
G
a cowpoke rode in one hot dusty day
G D
to a store down in old san antone
C G
he stood at the window and i heard him say
G D G
do i have a letter from home

G
the postmaster looked through the mail that had come
G D
then smilingly shook his grey head
C G
the cowpoke looked sadly a moment at him
G D G
and these are the words that he said

//Chorus
G C G
no letter from home , no letter from home
G D
there’s never a letter from home
G C G
no message from mother or none of the others
G D G
there’s never a letter from home

//Break
G D G

//repeat verse
that night he was shot on the wrong side of town
no more on those plains will he roam
i reached for my bible and gave it to him
and said son here’s your letter from home

if only i had just a little more time
to read it the young cowboy said
i can’t take it with me and i must go on
then he died with his letter unread

//repeat chorus
the letter from home , the letter from home
no time for the letter from home
the cowboy lay dead with his letter unread
too late for the letter from home

//outro
G D G

//this obviously doesn’t do cash’s song any justice , but it’s fun to play and sing
along to . hope this helped you out . – seb B .