C                                  F   
Well I found a bunch of letters they were written for the fella
    G
Who broke your Momma's heart
        C                F                          G
And the envelope folds smelled of her ancient perfume
     F                G
I'll bet she didn't know
          C               C/B         Am
How to respond before the blankets of snow caught him out
   F        G                    C   F C
wandering alone with no place to go


[Chorus]
F                           G
And there were stars in the sky
           C             C/B                 Am
There were houses on the hill and there were bottles of pills
          F               G                          C         F C
That were easy to buy to keep her warm from the oncoming storm


[Verse 2]
       C                            F   
Well I found them in the north-west corner of the attic,
     G
In a box Labeled "Tinsel and Lights"
       C                            F                       G
Didn't know what I was looking for, maybe just a blanket or artifacts

F                      G
Eisenhower sent him to war
            C              C/B             Am
He kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart
         F                   G                                  C    F C
and when he hit the shore he must of been a target for the gunnerman


[Chorus]
F                       G
There were stars in the sky
               C              C/B                 Am
And there were bunkers on the hill and there were caskets to fill
         F               G                         C                     F C
Where he would lie, shrouded in the red white and blue with the stripes

F                           G
And there were stars in the sky
           C             C/B                 Am
There were houses on the hill and there were bottles of pills
          F               G                          C         F C
That were easy to buy to keep her warm from the oncoming storm