Johnny Cash – A Letter From Home (Guitar)

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A cowpoke rode in one hot dusty day 

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To a store down in old San Antone

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He stood at the window and I heard him say

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Do I have a letter from home

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The postmaster looked through the mail that had come

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Then smilingly shook his grey head

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The cowpoke looked sadly a moment at him

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And these are the words that he said

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No letter from home, no letter from home

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There's never a letter from home

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No message from Mother or none of the others

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There's never a letter from home

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That night he was shot on the wrong side of town

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No more on those plains will he roam

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I reached for my Bible and gave it to him

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And said son here's your letter from home

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If only I had just a little more time

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To read it The young cowboy said

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I can't take it with me and I must go on

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Then he died with his letter unread

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The letter from home, the letter from home

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No time for the letter from home

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The cowboy lay dead with his letter unread

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Too late for the letter from home