Dear Wife Chords by Tilt

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_ _ No, my darling, have no [Eb] fear, I'll soon be by and [C] by.
I trust in my commander [Db] and my brother's in [F] arms.
The chattelin reassures [Eb] us that God is on our [C] side.
And I will write you every [Db] day, I will keep you informed.
[F] Dear wife, I [Eb] can feel your arms about my [C] neck, life, life.
The [Db] image of you crying at the gate.
[F] Dear wife, your [Eb] photo is a shield over my heart.
[C] My life [Db] depends upon the memory of your _ [Eb] face. _ _ _ _
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_ [Ab] You [Eb] landed on the [Ab] shore today, no [Eb] enemy in sight.
[Ab] We are [Eb] strong and confident, [Ab] our [Eb] trading is complete.
[Ab] You set up [Eb] camp and cleaned our guns and sang away the night.
[Ab] Yours by [Eb] far the [Ab] loveliest of [Eb] all pictures seen.
[F] Dear wife, [Ab] I can feel your arms about my neck, [F] life, life.
The image [Db] of you crying at the gate.
[F] Dear wife, your photo [Db] is a shield [Ab] over my heart.
[F] My [Gb] life depends [Ab] upon [Db] the memory of your [Eb] face. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Ab] I can barely write today how things [Eb] have gone awry.
[Ab] A man [Eb] who was a friend to me is dead and many more.
I have to do a dreadful [Ab] thing to make it [Eb] back alive.
[Ab] Why [Eb] am I the only [Ab] one that [Eb] stands back into war?
[F] Dear wife, [Ab] I can feel your arms about my neck, [F] life, life.
The image [Db] of you crying at the gate.
[F] Dear [Gb] wife, your [Ab] photo is a shield over my heart.
[F] My life [Ab] depends upon [Db] the memory of your [Ab] face.
So tell me, [Eb] dear, the color of your [Ab] eyes.
I cannot [F] remember the color [Eb] of your hair.
[Ab] You were a guiding [Eb] light and placing on my [Ab] mind.
The death that's led me far [F] away and I [Eb] don't seem to care.
[E] I don't [Eb] seem to care.
[E] I don't [Eb] seem to care.
[F] Dear God, I am depraved [Eb] today.
These brothers are insane.
[C] Our leaders have abandoned [Db] us.
Those who are left to kill, [F] they behave like [Eb] animals and I behave the same.
[C] Why should I try [Db] to survive?
I don't have the will.
[Eb] Why don't _ _ _ _ I, dear [Gb] wife?
The tempo [Db] of my death is [Ab] beating down.
[F] Why hide [Gb] the lethal [Db] ways to me?
I cannot escape.
[F] Dear wife, your photo [Db] is a death of [Ab] you now.
[F] My life [Gb] is wasted [Db] like the memory of your face.
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[Db] Your pretty face.
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