To My Dearest Wife - Lucero
(tabbed with help of R. Easley)
notes - G's are the British G adding the D at the third fret of the B string
- * = a quick strum with all strings open when after a C chord. When after a G it is jsut a quick
lifting on the E and A string one strum during the G chord
- C2 = just a quick strum of just the A(3rd fret) and D (2nd fret)strings while moving your first
two fingers from a G chord to C chord.
- You will need listen to the song to get the timing of the strums
[Intro]
C * G * C * G * C * Em D G
[Verse 1]
G C
Waiting on the sunrise, given up on sleep
Em Em7 Em Am C G C2 G
My only thoughts are with you all back home in Tennessee
G C
They're dug in on the hilltop, we got cover in the trees
Em Em7 Em Am C G C2 G
Between the two an open field that looks like hell to me
[Chorus]
Em C * G
And to my dearest wife I write
Em C * G
Kiss our baby girls tonight
Em C * G
Tomorrow's battle will not wait
Em C G
I don't see no other way
C * G * C * G * C * Em D G
[Verse 2]
G C
I could see in the old house, not too long ago
Em Em7 Em Am C G C2 G
Every night I slept by your side, happy just being home
G C
I hear'em calling reveille, I can see the sun
Em Em7 Em Am C G C2 G
It breaks my heart, we're kept apart, still fighting to be done
[Chorus]
Em C * G
And to my dearest wife I write
Em C * G
Kiss our baby girls tonight
Em C * G
Tomorrow's battle will not wait
Em C G
I don't see no other way
[Bridge]
C * G C * G
Mine eyes have seen the glory
C * Em D C
The glory of the coming of the Lord
C * G C * G
And he is trampling at the vintage
C * Em D G
The vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored
C * G C * G
C * Em D C
C * G C * G
C * Em D G
[Verse 3]
G C
Now the sun is risen, you mean the world to me
Em Em7 Em Am C G C G
My thoughts must turn to work at hand, far from Tennessee
G C
They're dug in on the hilltop, we leave the cover of the trees
Em Em7 Em Am C G C G
We'll march across that open field that looks like hell to me
[Final Chorus]
Em C G
And to my dearest wife I write
Em C G
Kiss our baby girls tonight
Em C G
Tomorrow's battle will not wait
Em C G
I don't see no other way
Em C G
The bride of war wears blood and fire
Em C G
Hand in hand Death walks beside her
Em C G
We'll cross the field, lay all to waste
Em C G
I don't see no other way
Em C G
And to my dearest wife I write
Em C G
Kiss our baby girls tonight