Grandma's Letter Chords

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[Verse 1]
The [C]return address sticker
told me it was from my dad
[D]I ope[G]ned up the[C] letter,
[G]this is [C]what it said
The funeral was last Friday,
we flew the body back to
Bismarck on a [F]jet
Every[G]one was right on time,
Grandma would have liked that,
you can [C]bet
After all she suffered,
in some ways it's a blessing
that she's [F]gone
We [G]know you couldn't be there,
but the family felt your presence all [C]along
I'm enclosing in this letter
a note to you she never got to [F]send
I [G]hope it makes sense to you,
know, she got a little crazy in [C]the end.
Now we're back home in Oregon,
after all that snow,
the rain feels good [F]somehow.
[G]Love from your mom and me,
I guess from here on we're the
old folk[C]s now.
[D]Grandma's letter smelled of [A]Bengay,
[D]Campophonic and stale per[G]fume
From the [A]happy manor rest home
smelling just like I remember
Grand[D]ma's room
It was written in a tiny hand,
I had to hold it real [Am]close to [G]read
[A]Writin' isn't easy when
you're crippled,
nearly blind at ninety [D]-three[A][D]
[A]They [D]treat me pretty good here,
and I've got a nice young doctor [A]that I [G]like
He [A]tells everybody that he's gonna run
away with me to[D]night[A][D]
I've been eating better,
still I'm getting thinner every [G]day
[A]I've been sleeping pretty good,
and I find a lot of comfort when I [D]pray
[A]My [D]roo[E]mmate, Mrs. Campbell,
is starting to Steal from me [A]again
[B]First she took my reading glass
And yesterday my Christmas fountain [E]pen
And that old grouch, Mr. Stone
Is spreading tales about
Doc Nicholson and [A]me
I [B]swear this isn't that house
You would not believe the
things I hear [E]and see
[B]Your [E]dad drops by on Sundays,
drives me out past the
orchards and the [A]farms.
It [B]seems like only yesterday
your dad was just a baby in [E]my arms.
We went out last Sunday,
but the rain made it kind of hard to [A]see.
I [B]know he's awful busy,
but his kisses always mean a lot to [E]me
[F#]I phoned my father early
on a Sunday morning
just as it turned [B]light
I'm [C#]sorry to inform you,
sir your mother passed away [F#]last [B]night
[F#]Dad called the family
There were lots of tears that fell that [B]day
For [C#]all that she meant to us
And all we never got around [F#]to say
I'm glad I knew my grandma
And I believe that we were truly [B]blessed
Yes, [C#]I believe in grandmas
And I thank God for giving me the [B]bed.[F#]