Chords Am Am7 Am/G C Dm Dm7 Dm7/C E7 F F F/C G G/B Gsus(Medium ballad) C G/B | Am Am/G | Dm G | C F/C C C G/B Am F G C I read a note my grandma wrote back in nineteen twenty-three. C G/B Am Dm7 Gsus G Grandpa kept it in his coat, and he showed it once to me. He said, C G/B Am F G C "Boy, you might not understand, but a long, long time ago, C G/B Am F G C F/C C Grandma's daddy didn't like me none, but I loved your Grandma so." C G/B Am F G C We had this crazy plan to meet and run away together. C G/B Am Dm7 Gsus G Get married in the first town we came to, and live forever. C G/B Am F G C But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet, instead C G/B Am F G C F/C C Of her, I found this letter, and this is what it said: F G C F G C If you get there before I do, don't give up on me. F G Am I'll meet you when my chores are through; Dm7 Dm7/C Gsus G I don't know how long I'll be. F G C F G Am But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see. F G E7 Am7 And between now and then, till I see you again, F G C G/B | Am Am/G | Dm G | C F/C C I'll be loving you. Love, me. C G/B Am F G C I read those words just hours before my Grandma passed away, C G/B Am Dm7 Gsus G In the doorway of a church where me and Grandpa stopped to pray. C G/B Am F G C I know I'd never seen him cry in all my fifteen years; C G/B Am F G C F/C C But as he said these words to her, his eyes filled up with tears. F G C F G C If you get there before I do, don't give up on me. F G Am I'll meet you when my chores are through; Dm7 Dm7/C Gsus G I don't know how long I'll be. F G C F G Am But I'm not gonna let you down, darling wait and see. F G E7 Am7 And between now and then, till I see you again, F G C Am7 I'll be loving you. Love, me. F G E7 Am7 Between now and then, till I see you again, F G I'll be loving you. Love, me. Outro C G/B | Am Am/G | Dm G | C F/C C ||hide this tabE|---0----0----0----0----1----1----1----0----1----3----1----3-------------| B|---1----1----1----1----3----1----1----0----1----1----1----0----3----1---| G|---2----0----2----0----2----2----2----1----2----2----2----0----0----0---| D|---2----2----2----2----0--------------0----3----3----3----0----0----0---| A|---0----0---------3--------------3----2--------------3----2----2--------| E|-------------3------------------------0-------------------3---------3---|