[Intro]
[C] [G/B] [Am] [Am/G] [Dm] [G] [C] [F/C] [C]
[Verse]
[C]I read a [G/B]note my [Am]grandma wrote back in [F]nineteen[G]nineteen twenty-three.[C]twenty-three.
[C]Grandpa [G/B]kept it [Am]in his coat, and he [Dm7]showed it once to [Gsus]me. [G] He said,
[C]"Boy, you [G/B]might not [Am]understand, but a [F]long, long [G]time ag[C]ago,
[C]Grandma's [G/B]daddy didn't [Am]like me [F]none, but I [G]loved your Grandma [C]so.[F/C]so." [C]
[C]We had this [G/B]crazy [Am]plan to meet [F]and run [G]away tog[C]together.
[C]Get married [G/B]in the [Am]first town we came [Dm7]to, and live [Gsus]forever.[G]forever.
[C]But nailed [G/B]to the [Am]tree where we were [F]supposed to [G]meet, inst[C]instead
[C]Of her, I [G/B]found this [Am]letter, and t[F]his is w[G]hat it s[C]aid[F/C]: [C]
[Chorus]
If you [F]get there bef[G]before I [C]do, [F]don't give [G]up on [C]me.
I'll [F]meet you when my [G]chores are [Am]through;
[Dm7]I don't know how[Dm7/C]how long I'll [Gsus]be. [G]
But I'm [F]not gonna [G]let you [C]down, [F]darling [G]wait and [Am]see.
And bet[F]between now and [G]then, till I [E7]see you ag[Am7]again,
I'll be [F]loving [G]you. Lo[C]Love, [G/B]me. [Am] [Am/G] [Dm] [G] [C] [F/C] [C]
[Verse]
[C]I read those [G/B]words just [Am]hours before my [F]Grandma [G]passed aw[C]away,
[C]In the doorway [G/B]of a [Am]church where me and [Dm7]Grandpa stopped to [Gsus]pray. [G]
[C]I know I'd [G/B]never [Am]seen him cry in [F]all my [G]fifteen [C]years;
[C]But as he [G/B]said these [Am]words to [F]her, his [G]eyes filled up with [C]tea[F/C]tears. [C]
[Chorus]
If you [F]get there bef[G]before I [C]do, [F]don't give [G]up on [C]me.
I'll [F]meet you when my [G]chores are [Am]through;
[Dm7]I don't know how[Dm7/C]how long I'll [Gsus]be. [G]
But I'm [F]not gonna [G]let you [C]down, [F]darling [G]wait and [Am]see.
And bet[F]between now and [G]then, till I [E7]see you ag[Am7]again,
I'll be [F]loving y[G]ou. Lov[C]e, me[Am7].
Bet[F]Between now and [G]then, till I [E7]see you ag[Am7]again,
I'll be [F]loving you[G]you. Love, me.
