DEAR MISS
As recorded by Zach Bryan
(2025 release)


This tab is for the complete, just released studio recording of the song.


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h = hammer-on   p = pull-off


[Verse 1]

There's a lett

er to your mot

her that is hi

dden in my des

k
         
That I wrote t

              
o her in a sob

   
er mind
         
It's my apolog

  
y for all the 

things I used 

to be
            
And swearin' I

         
'll change ove

  
r time

She might not 

believe me 'ca

use no one eve

r does
           
Except her dau

            
ghter that lov

      
es me true
         
God forbid all

          
 it takes for 

a boy to final

ly wait
            
Just to be che

           
rished and lov

         
ed all the way

 through


[Verse 2]

She lets me dr

ink my liquor 

when I'm singi

n' through the

 night
         
She slaps my h

              
and when it's 

    
too much
         
She's mean and

             
 she's kind, s

trong and divi

ne
            
And Lord only 

     
knows how toug

h


[Chorus]
            
So dear Miss, 

         
by the time yo

  
u see this
              
It'll be in lo

             
ve or it'll be

    
 in pain
         
May God bless 

    
and keep us
              
May you think 

           
kind of my nam

   
e


[Interlude]
          
  


[Verse 3]

And I know I'v

e had my days 

and I've made 

my mistakes
          
So please poin

             
t me to the ne

              
arest perfect 


man
         
I'll gladly ta

              
ke advice from

   
 a man with no

 vice
            
If it means I 

         
can hold your 


hand


[Verse 4]

She was raised

 up proper and

 I was raised 

up
         
With a poor wo

            
rking boy's he

art
         
The way the li

              
ght is beatin'

        
 on her smilin

' cheeks this 

evenin'
            
Is the finest 

         
of the world's

 
 fine art


[Chorus]
            
So dear Miss, 

         
by the time yo

  
u see this
              
It'll be in lo

             
ve or it'll be

    
 in pain
         
May God bless 

    
and keep us
              
May you think 

           
kind of my nam

   
e


[Interlude]
          
  


[Outro]

And she's stan

din' in the do

orway ramblin'

 on about my o

ld ways
         
How they were 

             
reckless and f

ree
         
How all my imp

              
erfections and

 
 every ugly le

sson
            
Is worth every

         
 last second w

    
ith me