Misc Musicals – Operation Mincemeat A New Musical - Dear Bill (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Intro] Em G/D C G/B Am7 C6 G [Verse]
     G
Dear Bill
I'm afraid I've not got long to write I'm off to Mary's
                             C
You know how she feels about Bridge night
It's been a few days
                              G
I thought that I'd send a few lines

            G
Next door's Greyhound came into the garden this morning
I think he likes the roses
              Bm/F#
They're doing fine

            Em                G/D              Cadd2
I used some twine to tie them up and rein them in
I hope they'll bloom next spring
                            G
But you'll see that for yourself
[Verse]
    G
I'm following the instructions you left in your note

                                     C
Please devote all your time to their care
And I have done, I swear
               G
Except for the talking
I'm not going to do that
                                    C
Cos talking to Roses is mad and you knew that

          Am             G           C/E        G/D         Dsus 
When you whispered sweet nothings to flowers to make my dad cross

       D
And me laugh

       G
And it did
[Chorus]
Bm/F# Em         G/D         C           G/B
And   why did we meet in the middle of a war?

       Am              Dsus      G
What a silly thing for anyone to do
[Verse]
     G
Your sister sends her love of course
And your mother is the same as ever
                              C
Diana's piano is getting much better
Well, I say better, I really just mean louder but as she tells me
                       G
That's pretty much the same

          C                            
Well it makes a change from all of the noise and the sirens
N.C. And sometimes from all of the silence
     G             D      D7
With six rounds of jingle bells

       B                Em             Am        D  G
And we wish you a Merry Christmas even though it is June
[Verse] And it's been a long summer
        G                                 Cmaj9
But she wants to be perfect for her older brother
She hopes you'll be home again soon N.C. No
    C                          Dsus D
She knows you'll be home again soon

         Am/E
And it's fine

          Em
And we're fine

       G
It's nice to watch her get better with time
[Pre-Chorus]
     C
I suppose they just miss you
I know they just miss you
        Am           C          D5
And I'm not going to argue with that
[Chorus]
    Em         G/D         C           G/B
And why did we meet in the middle of a war?

       Am              Dsus      G
What a silly thing for anyone to do
[Bridge]
    Bm/F# Em        D             C          G
And I'm   trying my best to write everything down

   Em          D            C             G
To fill in the gaps so that when you're around

      C              Em         Dsus  D
It'll be like you've never been gone

   C             G         Dsus  D
As if you'd been here all along

           Cadd2           Em         D5
'Cause you can't just miss out on the songs
[Interlude]
       Bm         
And to tell you the truth Tom

     Cadd2        G
Your roses aren't thriving

    Bm
Without you they're dull

      Cadd2            G
Don't worry they're surviving

         Bm            Cadd2           Dsus        G
But I've tried all the tricks that you put in your note

         Bm          Cadd2
And I've watered the soil

         Dsus       Em
'Till it started to float

    Em          Bm
And no I've not talked to them

    Em           Bm
I'm not going to talk to them

        Bm            Cadd2      Dsus         G
There's something you have, that I just don't have

    Am               G/B
And since you're off gallivanting

Cadd2     Dsus          Am
It's only fair that you know

          G/B         Cadd2            Dsus            Am
That your roses quite frankly were the first things to go

    G/B           Cadd2
And no you're not gallivanting

Dsus         Am
I don't mean gallivanting

G/B           Cadd2       Dsus      Am
It's just frustrating for you to be right

     G/B       Cadd2       Dsus          Am
When I have to do both the sides of this fight

    G/B          Cadd2
But it's good to hear you

                Dsus
Even just in my head
[Pre-Chorus]
                   Cadd2
And the roses just miss you
I know they just miss you
        Am           Cadd2      Dsus
And I'm not going to argue with that

           Am         Cadd2         Dsus
There's so much to do when you come back
[Bridge]
      Em             D             C         G
And I know that they say that it's all for a cause

    Em             D          C          G
Our brave boys out fighting a war to end wars

         Em              Dsus
But it's like they don't see

          C               G/B
That when you're far from me

    Am          G/B           C           Dsus
Our roses don't get the conversation they need

                   C
Which just seems unfair

          Em/B            Dsus
I'm stuck here and you're there
[Pre-Chorus]
                 C
I suppose I just miss you

              C
I know I just miss you

  D/F# Em  D5 B5    C#11
Even   now I  still miss you
[Chorus]
    Em         Dsus        C           G/B
And why did we meet in the middle of a war?

       Am              Gsus      G5
What a silly thing for anyone