Tonalidad: D major
Verse 1
G
I went up to my attic
to put away your letters
In a grey metal box with two broken locks
Next to an old birdcage
Gsus4
When I went to put your letters inside
G
Gsus4
I found another packet,
G
Gsus4
covered with dust
and smelling of must
G
A
D
A
D
that came from another age.
A
Bm
My grandmother's love letters
D
E
held in her trembling hand
Asus4
when she was seventeen.
G
Bm
They were a world to her,
they were her youth,
D
E
they made her whisper low,
Asus4
G
D
seventy -seven years ago.
A
Bm
My grandmother's love letters,
D
E
so firmly in her grasp,
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she'd read one line and gasp,
G
Bm
that means she breathed the
D
E
air of long ago.
Asus4
D
I loved her so.
Gm
Some things you'll never know,
what makes the tide come in
D
and the little flower grow.
Bm
Esus4
E
Oh, Father, time decides
Asus4
D
when he'll come for one of us.
Gm
Some things you never know,
what makes the eagle fly
Asus4
D
F#m
D
and the southern wind blow.
Bm
D
These things, they come, they go,
E
Asus4
G
E
like portents, omens, dreams.
Asus4
D
A
D
things you never know.
A
Bm
My grandmother's love letters
D
E
when she was seventeen
Asus4
think what they had to mean.
Bm
They were a world tour.
They were youth.
D
E
Asus4
G
She tied them with a bow.
D
A
Bm
My grandmother's love letters,
D
E
so firmly in her grasp,
Asus4
she'd read each line and gasp.
G
Bm
And I'm the air she breathed
D
E
Asus4
so long ago.
D
Gm
Some things you'll never know,
what makes the tide come in
D
and the little flower grow.
F#m
Bm
How far their time decides
E
Asus4
when he'll come for one of us.
D
Gm
Edim
Some things you never know.
Gm
What makes the eagle fly
D
F#m
and the southern wind blow.
Bm
D
These things, they come, they go.
E
Asus4
G
Bm
D
Like portents, omens, dreams,
E
Asus4
G
Asus4
D
Bm
you'll never know.
D
E
Asus4
G
Bm
D
Asus4
A
E
Asus4
D
G
77 years ago. you
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