[G]There's a letter in a [D]shoe box [G]in a dresser [C]she keeps locked
[G]But she's never read it all the way [D]through
[G]It was the last one he [D]wrote her, [G]she was sure it was [C]over
[G]From all that he told her in the [D]first line or [G]two
[G]He said times are [D]hard now, got some [G]things left to [C]sort out
[G]And a man and his freedom don't easily [D]part
[G]That's were she stopped [D]reading, [G]her soul was [C]bleeding
[G]So she chose her weapon and [D]went for his [G]heart
[G]With paper an[D]d pen she got her last word [G]in
[G]I never loved [A]you was lie she wrote [D]him
He couldn't be[C]lieve the reply he'd re[G]ceived
[G]What sad trag[C]edy for good love to end
Ah who needs a [G]knife when you can
[G]Take someone's [D]life with paper and [G]pen
[G]Well, they say he went [D]crazy, [G]in just a few [C]days he
[G]Got on the bottle and went out of his [D]mind
[G]To this day, [D]she don't know [G]in the letter that [C]he wrote
[G]He asked for her hand in the [D]very last [G]line
[G]With paper an[D]d pen she got her last word [G]in
[G]I never loved [A]you was lie she wrote [D]him
He couldn't be[C]lieve the reply he'd re[G]ceived
[G]What sad trag[C]edy for good love to end
Ah who needs a [G]knife when you can
Take someone's [D]life with paper and [G]pen
[C]Ah who needs a [G]knife when you can
Take someone's [D]life with paper and [G]pen
[G]But she's never read it all the way [D]through
[G]It was the last one he [D]wrote her, [G]she was sure it was [C]over
[G]From all that he told her in the [D]first line or [G]two
[G]He said times are [D]hard now, got some [G]things left to [C]sort out
[G]And a man and his freedom don't easily [D]part
[G]That's were she stopped [D]reading, [G]her soul was [C]bleeding
[G]So she chose her weapon and [D]went for his [G]heart
[G]With paper an[D]d pen she got her last word [G]in
[G]I never loved [A]you was lie she wrote [D]him
He couldn't be[C]lieve the reply he'd re[G]ceived
[G]What sad trag[C]edy for good love to end
Ah who needs a [G]knife when you can
[G]Take someone's [D]life with paper and [G]pen
[G]Well, they say he went [D]crazy, [G]in just a few [C]days he
[G]Got on the bottle and went out of his [D]mind
[G]To this day, [D]she don't know [G]in the letter that [C]he wrote
[G]He asked for her hand in the [D]very last [G]line
[G]With paper an[D]d pen she got her last word [G]in
[G]I never loved [A]you was lie she wrote [D]him
He couldn't be[C]lieve the reply he'd re[G]ceived
[G]What sad trag[C]edy for good love to end
Ah who needs a [G]knife when you can
Take someone's [D]life with paper and [G]pen
[C]Ah who needs a [G]knife when you can
Take someone's [D]life with paper and [G]pen