Letters From Viet Nam chords by Misty Cheney

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: G

♫ Intro:

G C D G  G C D G
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G



♫ Verse 1:
G                   C      D                G
She had just turned 18 and she was far from home
                   C          D            G
She’d come here to Kansas but she was not alone
                   C          D              G
With a baby in her arms and a promise in her heart
                      C       D                  G    Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
She’d meet her future love if Destiny played her part

♫ Verse 2:
G                         C       D                    G
Now a southern boy was in Kansas, he’d come there from SC
                   C         D           G
He enlisted in the Army when he was just 17
                         C           D                G
It was time to serve his Country, he knew this in his heart
                 C              D             G      Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
He'd only have a few months and soon he would depart

♫ Verse 3:
G                       C               D                    G
Now don’t ever take for granted how the stars will align for you
                  C             D               G
The baby needed a daddy and the lady a husband, too
                                C         D                 G
And the southern boy, bound for Viet Nam, didn’t want to be alone
                        C             D                         G    Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
So he asked her hand in marriage then took her to his childhood home

G                           C                    D                     G
Their courtship lasted just six weeks, they were married a month and a day
                           C                      D                    G
He kissed the baby and new wife good-bye then was shipped half a world away

♫ Break:
G C D G  x2
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G

♫ Verse 4:
G                        C             D                G
Years later mom would remember how she barely knew this man
                            C                  D                 G
But she learned to love him deeper through his letters from Viet Nam
                    C        D           G
She’d read each one he wrote lovingly by hand
                   C                D                        G     Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
And prayed someday he’d return from fighting in that foreign land

♫ Chorus:
G                               C                  D                   G
She said I learned to love your father through the letters he wrote to me
                  C            D                     G
I’d read each one everyday and wonder where he could be
                 C                  D              G
I knew he’d come home to us to be a husband and daddy
                       C                  D                   G   Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
I learned to love your father through the letters he wrote to me

♫ Bridge:  (Play slower and gently)
G                     C             D                    G
When he returned back in her arms a year had passed them by
                 C                         D                    G
No honeymoon had they received except that first kiss then good-bye
                       C              D             G
They vowed to make the most of it and start a life anew
                              C                      D               G    Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Get to know each other as the years passed and their love and family grew

♫ Chorus:  {Play normal speed and volume)
G                               C                  D                   G
She said I learned to love your father through the letters he wrote to me
                  C            D                     G
I’d read each one everyday and wonder where he could be
                 C                  D              G
I knew he’d come home to us to be a husband and daddy
                       C                  D                   G
I learned to love your father through the letters he wrote to me

G                               C                  D                   G
She said I learned to love your father through the letters he wrote to me
                  C            D                     G
I’d read each one everyday and wonder where he could be
                 C                  D              G
I knew he’d come home to us to be a husband and daddy
                       C                  D                   G   Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
I learned to love your father through the letters he wrote to me