A Soldier's Last Letter by The Louvin Brothers
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Standard Tuning
Key: D
3/4 (Waltz) Time (92 b.p.m.)


[Intro]
   


[Verse 1]
             
When the postm

              
an delivered a

 
 letter
             
It filled her 

              
dear heart ful

     
l of joy
             
But she didn't

              
 know 'til she

 
 read the insi

de
           
It was the las

              
t one from her

         
 darling boy


[Verse 2]
             
Dear Mom, was 

              
the way that i

  
t started
             
I miss you so 

              
much, it went 


on
             
Mom, I didn't 

           
know, that I l

oved you so
           
But I'll prove

              
 it when this 

       
war is won


[Verse 3]
             
I'm writing th

             
is down in a t

rench, Mom
             
Don't scold if

             
 it isn't so n

eat
             
You know as yo

            
u did, when I 

was a kid
           
And I'd come h

              
ome with mud o

     
n my feet


[Break]
   


[Verse 4]
             
The captain ju

              
st gave us our

 
 orders
             
And Mom, we wi

              
ll carry them 


through
             
I'll finish th

              
is letter the 


first chance I

 get
           
But for now I'

              
ll just say I 

     
love you


[Verse 5]
             
Then the mothe

              
r's old hands 

         
began to tremb

le
             
And she fought

              
 against tears

        
 in her eyes
             
But they came 

              
unashamed for 


there was no n

ame
           
And she knew t

              
hat her darlin

      
g had died


[Verse 6]
             
That night as 

              
she knelt by h

   
er bedside
             
She prayed Lor

              
d above hear m

  
y plea
             
And protect al

              
l the sons tha

      
t are fighting

 tonight
          
And dear God k

            
eep America fr

ee