Postmarked Birmingham — BlackHawk
Chords and lyrics for Postmarked Birmingham by BlackHawk (key of E).
Intro
[E] [G#m] [A] [Bm]
[E] [G#m] [A] [Bm]
Verse 1
I [E]recognized the writing on the [Bm]plain white [E]envelope
I [A]wondered where she'd [G#m]wind up [A]before she called or wrote
The [A]answer's in a [G#m]circle, with the [Bm]word 'love' on a [C#m]stamp
[A]Postmarked [F#m]Birmingham
Break
[E] [G#m] [A] [Bm]
[E] [G#m] [A] [Bm]
Verse 2
[E]I'd have bet on California, 'cause her [Bm]sister's in Bel [E]Aire
[A]Or I could see [G#m]Seattle, with her [A]mom and dad up there
She never [A]mentioned [G#m]Alabama, so [Bm]I don't [C#m]understand
[A]Postmarked [F#m][E]Birmingham[Ebm]
Chorus
A [C#m]two page letter [Bm]written on [A]Ramada stationary
[C#m]Dated [Bm]April [A]twenty-two
She [F#m]asks me not to hate [G#m]her, says that she was [A]sorry
But [D]leavings what she felt she had to [F#m]do
Verse 3
So the [E]day she left she made it [Bm]two hundred miles [E]south
Did she [A]settle there? Did she mail this note on her[G#m] way out of [A]town?
What [A]chance is there to [G#m]find her, when the [Bm]only clue I [C#m]have
Is [A]postmarked [F#m][E]Birmingham?[Ebm]
Chorus
A [C#m]two page letter [Bm]written on [A]Ramada stationary
[C#m]Dated [Bm]April [A]twenty-two
She [F#m]asks me not to hate [G#m]her, says that she was [A]sorry
But [D]leavings what she felt she had to [F#m]do
Verse 4
Every [E]day down by the mailbox, standing [Bm]on the curb I [E]check
The [A]upper right-hand [G#m]corner of every [A]piece of mail I get
Hopin' [A]there's that certain[G#m] circle with the [Bm]word 'love' on a stamp[C#m]
[A]Postmarked [F#m][E]Birmingham
Outro
[A]Postmarked [F#m][E]Birmingham
[E] [G#m] [A] [Bm]
[E]
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