Dearest Sarah (CHORDS) by Goodnight and Texas
[Intro]~
Am G Am
Am G Am
[Verse]~
Am G F Am
Dearest Sarah I'm compelled to write with aching fearful hands
Am G F
Just in case I never make it back
Am G F
I left our family weeks ago for battle stricken lands
Am G Am
And I fear I wont survive the next attack
Am G F Am
I fled Rhode Island willingly to join the Union force
Am G F
Understanding I may never know my boys
Am G F Am
But this country's strength of government is in a great divorce
Am G Am
And for this I risk my life and all its joys
Am G F Am
Oh Sarah I do understand within my sacrifice
Am G F
Goes nearly every joy for you as well
Am G F Am
But I hope you sense within my words I thought about it twice
Am G Am
But our nation cast a thick momentus spell
[Chorus]~
Am G
Oh Sarah start a life without me
Am G
Raise our boys to gentlemen
Am G F Am
Thrive until the day you pass away and we can meet again
Am G
Understand my inner fight
Am G
I didn't choose the war
Am G
I sided with democracy
F C
As that is what I'm dying for
F Am C
Oh Sarah - my love for you is deathless
G Am
Oh Sarah - my love for you is deathless
[Instrumental]~
Am G Am
Am G Am
[Verse]~
Am G F Am
Growing up without my father weighed heavy on my brain
Am G F
And I dread this makes my children dance that waltz
Am G F Am
And I'm sure at times your trust was breached and your love for me did wane
Am G Am
But I ask you to forgive me for these faults
Am G F Am
And I can't express the irony of the peaceful summer breeze
Am G F
Dusting my batallion as they rest
Am G F C
'Cause within this evening warmness lies a dark and icy freeze
D Am
That whispered me to send you this request
[Chorus]~
Am G
Oh Sarah start a life without me
Am G
Raise our boys to gentlemen
Am G F Am
Thrive until the day you pass away and we can meet again
Am G
Understand my inner fight
Am G
I didn't choose the war
Am G
I sided with democracy
F C
As that is what I'm dying for
F C
Oh Sarah - my love for you is deathless
G Am
Oh Sarah - it's deathless
[Verse]~
Am G F Am
I am one of hundred thousand paying all that we can pay
Am G F
Standing for an object we can't see
Am G F Am
Now raise our children proudly to be graceous for each day
Am G Am
And remind them of the reasons they are free
Am G F Am
If it's true the dead can drift unseen around the loves they had
Am G F
Then I will be the wind upon your cheek
Am G F Am
And the darkest moments in your life will never be so bad
Am G Am
Cause I will be your strength when you are weak
[Chorus]~
Am G
Oh Sarah start a life without me
Am G
Raise our boys to gentlemen
Am G F Am
Thrive until the day you pass away and we can meet again
Am G
Understand my inner fight
Am G
I didn't choose the war
Am G
I sided with democracy
F C
As that is what I'm dying for
F C
Oh Sarah - my love for you is deathless
G Am
Oh Sarah - it's deathless
G Am
Oh Sarah,.. my love for you is deathless
G Am
Oh Sarah,.. my love for you is deathless
Am G Am
Am G Am
[Verse]~
Am G F Am
Dearest Sarah I'm compelled to write with aching fearful hands
Am G F
Just in case I never make it back
Am G F
I left our family weeks ago for battle stricken lands
Am G Am
And I fear I wont survive the next attack
Am G F Am
I fled Rhode Island willingly to join the Union force
Am G F
Understanding I may never know my boys
Am G F Am
But this country's strength of government is in a great divorce
Am G Am
And for this I risk my life and all its joys
Am G F Am
Oh Sarah I do understand within my sacrifice
Am G F
Goes nearly every joy for you as well
Am G F Am
But I hope you sense within my words I thought about it twice
Am G Am
But our nation cast a thick momentus spell
[Chorus]~
Am G
Oh Sarah start a life without me
Am G
Raise our boys to gentlemen
Am G F Am
Thrive until the day you pass away and we can meet again
Am G
Understand my inner fight
Am G
I didn't choose the war
Am G
I sided with democracy
F C
As that is what I'm dying for
F Am C
Oh Sarah - my love for you is deathless
G Am
Oh Sarah - my love for you is deathless
[Instrumental]~
Am G Am
Am G Am
[Verse]~
Am G F Am
Growing up without my father weighed heavy on my brain
Am G F
And I dread this makes my children dance that waltz
Am G F Am
And I'm sure at times your trust was breached and your love for me did wane
Am G Am
But I ask you to forgive me for these faults
Am G F Am
And I can't express the irony of the peaceful summer breeze
Am G F
Dusting my batallion as they rest
Am G F C
'Cause within this evening warmness lies a dark and icy freeze
D Am
That whispered me to send you this request
[Chorus]~
Am G
Oh Sarah start a life without me
Am G
Raise our boys to gentlemen
Am G F Am
Thrive until the day you pass away and we can meet again
Am G
Understand my inner fight
Am G
I didn't choose the war
Am G
I sided with democracy
F C
As that is what I'm dying for
F C
Oh Sarah - my love for you is deathless
G Am
Oh Sarah - it's deathless
[Verse]~
Am G F Am
I am one of hundred thousand paying all that we can pay
Am G F
Standing for an object we can't see
Am G F Am
Now raise our children proudly to be graceous for each day
Am G Am
And remind them of the reasons they are free
Am G F Am
If it's true the dead can drift unseen around the loves they had
Am G F
Then I will be the wind upon your cheek
Am G F Am
And the darkest moments in your life will never be so bad
Am G Am
Cause I will be your strength when you are weak
[Chorus]~
Am G
Oh Sarah start a life without me
Am G
Raise our boys to gentlemen
Am G F Am
Thrive until the day you pass away and we can meet again
Am G
Understand my inner fight
Am G
I didn't choose the war
Am G
I sided with democracy
F C
As that is what I'm dying for
F C
Oh Sarah - my love for you is deathless
G Am
Oh Sarah - it's deathless
G Am
Oh Sarah,.. my love for you is deathless
G Am
Oh Sarah,.. my love for you is deathless
