Chords for Gina Jeffreys - That'll Be Me

changed who I am as a person.
_ She sent me this letter and she's the reason
that we've just done 20 years of raising money
and helping out charities and realizing that
life isn't all about me.
Life is about helping others and that to me
was the best gift, more than any platinum selling record
or any gold guitar, that was it.
_ She wrote to me _ probably about 14, 15 years ago
and that was back before email and people used to
write fan letters and stick a stamp and put it
in a little red box.
[F] Instead of [D] kids here, that red box is to put letters in.
And _ _ [C] the letter showed up and it said,
Dear Gina, I'm [N] writing you this letter to tell you goodbye _
because mommy and the doctor's date's time.
_ She said, I've got leukemia.
_ _ She said, that's a big word for me to spell, isn't it?
Because I'm only six.
_ _ Her name was Louisa and she said to me,
I've got two wishes before I go.
_ I want to swim with the dolphins and I want to meet you.
_ And we were on tour at the time, touring six nights a week
away somewhere else in Australia and we were heading
towards her hometown and sadly, we got there
a few days too late. _ _
Her mom met me backstage in Orange _ and this little girl
left me things in her will.
_ She left me her jewelry, just plastic rings
and plastic necklaces and a fridge magnet that said,
those who wish to sing will always find a song.
But the letter, [G#] _ that just [N] changed everything.
_ _ These were her words and I think _ _ children can be so wise,
particularly children with terminal illness.
And she said, _ Gina, I'm gonna watch over you
and I'm gonna take care of you and I'm gonna help you
win gold in guitars and I'm just gonna help you so much
when I get to heaven.
[C] She said, if you feel a hand on your shoulder
or [D] a kiss right out of thin air and you turn around
and there's nobody there, well that'll be me.
This is for the way, so.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
♪ I'm writing _ you this _ letter, tell you [G] goodbye ♪
♪ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
[A] Mommy _ _ and the doctor say [D] it's time ♪ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] ♪ Don't bring any [F#] flowers, [D] _ you [G] might _ _ [D] see them [Em] die ♪
_ _ [A] ♪ Don't [D] you cry, [A]
I'll always be [D] with you ♪
_ _ _ _ _ ♪ [G] When you feel a [A] hand [D] on your shoulder ♪
[G] ♪ Or a kiss right [F#m] out of [Bm] thin air ♪
_ _ [A] [G] ♪ You hear your [A] name [D] and then turn around ♪
♪ [E] There's nobody _ [D] _ [A] _
_ there, well that'll be [G] me ♪
♪ You see a [A] star shining [D] brightly ♪
♪ [G]
And you're making [A] _ wishes and [Bm] they're coming [F#m] true ♪
♪ [G] Know that, [A] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] that'll be [Bm] me, [A] _ [G#] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] that'll be [D] _
me ♪
♪ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Time is short to have your heart _ [G] _ made ♪
_ _ [A] _ [G] ♪ [E] You know this [A] really _ _ doesn't mean [D] anything ♪ _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] ♪ They say friends are _ forever, _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F#m] yeah [Em] _ ♪
♪ _ [A] But [Bm] until then, [A]
I'm never _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ going to be alone ♪
♪ [G] When you feel a [A] hand [D] on your shoulder ♪
♪ [G] Or a kiss [A] right out of [Bm] thin air ♪
_ [F#m] [G] ♪ You hear your [A] name [D] and then turn [Bm] around ♪
♪ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [G] You see a [A]
star shining [D] brightly _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [A] ♪
♪ And [Bm] they're coming true, [F#m] _ [G] know [Dm] that'll [A] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ be [Bm] [F#m] me, [G#] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [A] that'll be [D] _ _
_ _ me, [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ me, _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] me. _ _ _ _ _ _
♪ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _