To My Dearest Wife chords by Lucero

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

C majorC * G+G *  C majorC * E minorEm D MajorD G+G

Verse 1:

G+G              C majorC
Waiting on the sunrise, I've given up on sleep
E minorEm  E minor 7Em7    E minorEm        A minorAm      C majorC  G+G   C2 G+G
My only thoughts are with you all back home in Tennessee
G+G                   C majorC
They're dug in on the hilltop, we got cover in the trees
E minorEm  E minor 7Em7    E minorEm        A minorAm     C majorC    G+G  C2 G+G
Between the two an open field that looks like hell to me

Chorus:

E minorEm        C majorC  * G+G
And to my dearest wife I write
E minorEm      C majorC   * G+G
Kiss our baby girls tonight
E minorEm        C majorC  *  G+G
Tomorrow's battle will not wait
E minorEm       C majorC   G+G
I don't see no other way

C majorC * G+G *  C majorC * E minorEm D MajorD G+G

Verse 2:

G+G               C majorC
I could see in the old house, not too long ago
E minorEm   E minor 7Em7        E minorEm    A minorAm     C majorC   G+G   C2 G+G
Every night I slept by your side, happy just being home
G+G              C majorC
I hear'em calling reveille, I can see the sun
E minorEm   E minor 7Em7           E minorEm  A minorAm       C majorC   G+G   C2 G+G
It breaks my heart, we're kept apart, still fighting to be done

Chorus:

E minorEm        C majorC  * G+G
And to my dearest wife I write
E minorEm      C majorC   * G+G
Kiss our baby girls tonight
E minorEm        C majorC  *  G+G
Tomorrow's battle will not wait
E minorEm       C majorC   G+G
I don't see no other way

Bridge:

C majorC  *  G+G     C majorC  *  G+G
  Mine eyes have seen the glory
C majorC *  E minorEm      D MajorD       C majorC
  The glory of the coming of the Lord
  C majorC * G+G     C majorC *  G+G
And he is trampling at the vintage
C majorC *  E minorEm        D MajorD          G+G
  The vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored

C majorC * G+G C majorC * G+G
C majorC *  E minorEm  D MajorD C majorC
C * G+G C majorC * G+G
C majorC *  E minorEm  D MajorD G+G

Verse 3:

G+G             C majorC
Now the sun is risen, you mean the world to me
E minorEm  E minor 7Em7           E minorEm    A minorAm    C majorC   G+G   C majorC G+G
My thoughts must turn to work at hand, far from Tennessee
G+G                 C majorC
They're dug in on the hilltop, we leave the cover of the trees
E minorEm  E minor 7Em7          E minorEm     A minorAm     C majorC    G+G  C majorC G+G
We'll march across that open field that looks like hell to me

Final Chorus:

E minorEm        C majorC   G+G
And to my dearest wife I write
E minorEm      C majorC    G+G
Kiss our baby girls tonight
E minorEm        C majorC    G+G
Tomorrow's battle will not wait
E minorEm       C majorC   G+G
I don't see no other way
E minorEm          C majorC    G+G
We to war and where's blood and fie fire
E minorEm         C majorC    G+G
Hand in hand Death walks beside her
E minorEm             C majorC   G+G
We'll cross the field, lay all to waste
E minorEm       C majorC   G+G
I don't see no other way

E minorEm        C majorC   G+G
And to my dearest wife I write
E minorEm      C majorC    G+G
Kiss our baby girls tonight