Black Letters

       C
He was just 18
       Dm               Am
When he saw her smiling face
         C                Em      
As she danced along the streets of
    Am
 Montreal

     C
And in 1916
             Dm               Am
She gave her hand for him to hold
        C                    Em   
In the church beneath the ancient 
     Am
city walls

    C            Em       Dm     
But now he lies awake, staring in
        Am
 up into the dark
       C          Em          Am
At the eyes of a million tiny gods
     Dm            C           Em
And when the sun comes up, 
            Am         G
they'll go over the top, for good

[Chorus 1]

 N.C.                 Am
So he writes her black letters
        C                 G
By the time you read these words
   Em                Am       Dm
There will be no more war, for me
          Em          Am
There will be, only peace

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[Verse 2]

    C
He was her only son
       Dm                   Am
And she rocked him back and forth
   C              Em              
In the cradle of the tall Alberta 
Am
grain
        C
And he was scarce a man
         Dm          Am
When he answered the call
C                     Em         
Left her crying as he stepped 
    Am
onto the train

        C        Am              
And she was all alone, staring up
Dm       Em
 into the moon
       C            Em         
As his body hit the sand beneath 
   Am
Calais
     C               Am        Dm
And when the sun came up, his 
                Em      G
words were on the steps for her

[Chorus 2]

 N.C.                Am
And she read his black letters
        C               G
By the time you read these words
   Em              Am        Dm
There will be no more war, for me
 Em              Am
There will be, only peace

[Verse 3]

      C
Well the day will come
    Dm      Am
We look into the eyes
      C                 Em        
Of a fate that is much greater 
     Am
than us all
        C
And by the setting sun
         Dm                        
We'll write the words we'd wish to 
    Am
echo
       C              Em      
In the hearts of our loved ones 
             Am
should we fall
          C      Am          Dm  
Those thin dark lines, so 
       Em
delicate and fine
       C                Em        
Like a road that could show the 
       Am
way back home
            C           Em        
But at the ending of the day, our 
  Dm         Am         G
memories will fade for good

[Chorus 3]

    N.C.               Am
Except for our black letters
       C                  G
By the time you read these words
      Em             Am      Dm
There will be no more war, for me
 Em              Am
There will be, only peace