Intro: B Gb E Verse: B Gb Abm If you're reading this my momma's sittin there. Looks like I only got a one E B Gb Abm way ticket over here. Sure wish I could give you one more kiss. War was E B just a game we played when we were kids. So I'm laying down my gun, and E Abm Gb hangin up my boots. Im up here with God and were both watching over you. Chorus: E Gb Abm E Gb So lay me down, in that open field out on the edge of town. E Gb Abm E Gb And know my soul, is where my momma always prayed that it would go. E Gb If you're reading this, I'm already home. Interlude: B Gb E Verse: B Gb Abm If you're reading this, halfway round the world, I wont be there E B to see the birth of our little girl. I hope she looks like you, I hope she Gb Abm E fights like me. And stands up for the innocent and B E Abm the weak. So I'm laying down my gun, and hangin up my boots. Tell dad I Gb don’t regret that I followed in his shoes. Chorus: E Gb Abm E Gb So lay me down, in that open field out on the edge of town. E Gb Abm E Gb And know my soul, is where my momma always prayed that it would go. E Gb If you're reading this, I'm already home. Bridge: B E Gb Verse: B Gb Abm If you're reading this there's gonna come a day, when you'll move E B on and find someone else, and that's okay. Just remember this, I'm in a Gb Abm better place, where soldiers live in peace and E Gb angels sing "amazing grace" Chorus: E Gb Abm E Gb So lay me down, in that open field out on the edge of town. E Gb Abm E Gb And know my soul, is where my momma always prayed that it would go. E Gb If you're reading this, if you're reading this... Gb I'm already home. Outro: B Abm B
