To My Dearest Wife chords by Lucero

Intro:

C * G *   C * Em  D  G

Verse 1:

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

Chorus:

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

C * G  *   C * Em  D  G

Verse 2:

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

Chorus:

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

Bridge:

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

C  *  G  C *  G
C  *   Em   D  C
C  *  G  C *  G
C  *   Em   D  G

Verse 3:

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

Final Chorus:

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

Em                C      G
And to my dearest wife I write
Em            C       G
Kiss our baby girls tonight