Postmarked Birmingham (Blackhawk)
Capo 3rd. fret
Intro: ( C7 F G C )'
(I'm working on a chart that will better show how to pick out the intro.,
instrumental between verses, and the ending. I'll send this separately)
[C]I recognize the writing, on the [G]plain white envelo[C]pe.
[Am]I've wondered where she'd [F]wind up, [C]before she [G]called or [F]wrote.
[F]The answer's in a [C]circle, through the [G]word 'Love' on a [F]stamp,
[Dm]Postmarked [G]Birming[C]ham
[C]I'd have bet on California, 'cause her [G]sister's in [C]Bel Aire.
Or [Am]I could see [F]Seattle, with her [C]mom and [G]dad up [F]there.
[F]She never mentioned [C]Alabama, so [G]I don't under[F]stand.
[Dm]Postmarked [G]Birming[C]ham
Chorus:
[Am]A two-page letter [G]written on, [F]Ramada station[C]ary[G].
[Am]Dated [G]April [F]twenty-two.
[Dm]She asked me not to hate her, said she's [F]sorry.
Dm F G ? ?
But leavin's what she felt she had to do.
So the [C]day she left she made it, two [G]hundred miles [C]south.
Did she [Am]settle there, did she [F]mail this note
on [C]her way [G]out of [F]town.
What [F]chance is there to [C]find her, when the [G]only clue I [F]have is
[Dm]Postmarked [G]Birming[C]ham
Repeat Chorus
Every [C]day down by the mailbox, standin' [G]on the curb I [C]check.
The [Am]upper right hand [F]corner, of every [C]piece of[G] mail I [F]get.
[F]Hopin' there's that certain [C]circle,
Through the [G]word 'Love' on a [F]stamp.
[Dm]Postmarked [G]Birming[C]ham,
[Dm]Postmarked [G]Birming[C7]ham.[F][G][C]
Jack M. Kelsey
Email: jkelsey@albemarle.org
Capo 3rd. fret
Intro: ( C7 F G C )'
(I'm working on a chart that will better show how to pick out the intro.,
instrumental between verses, and the ending. I'll send this separately)
[C]I recognize the writing, on the [G]plain white envelo[C]pe.
[Am]I've wondered where she'd [F]wind up, [C]before she [G]called or [F]wrote.
[F]The answer's in a [C]circle, through the [G]word 'Love' on a [F]stamp,
[Dm]Postmarked [G]Birming[C]ham
[C]I'd have bet on California, 'cause her [G]sister's in [C]Bel Aire.
Or [Am]I could see [F]Seattle, with her [C]mom and [G]dad up [F]there.
[F]She never mentioned [C]Alabama, so [G]I don't under[F]stand.
[Dm]Postmarked [G]Birming[C]ham
Chorus:
[Am]A two-page letter [G]written on, [F]Ramada station[C]ary[G].
[Am]Dated [G]April [F]twenty-two.
[Dm]She asked me not to hate her, said she's [F]sorry.
Dm F G ? ?
But leavin's what she felt she had to do.
So the [C]day she left she made it, two [G]hundred miles [C]south.
Did she [Am]settle there, did she [F]mail this note
on [C]her way [G]out of [F]town.
What [F]chance is there to [C]find her, when the [G]only clue I [F]have is
[Dm]Postmarked [G]Birming[C]ham
Repeat Chorus
Every [C]day down by the mailbox, standin' [G]on the curb I [C]check.
The [Am]upper right hand [F]corner, of every [C]piece of[G] mail I [F]get.
[F]Hopin' there's that certain [C]circle,
Through the [G]word 'Love' on a [F]stamp.
[Dm]Postmarked [G]Birming[C]ham,
[Dm]Postmarked [G]Birming[C7]ham.[F][G][C]
Jack M. Kelsey
Email: jkelsey@albemarle.org
