The Proclaimers – Letter From America (Ukulele)

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[Intro] (x2) C G Am G [Chorus]
         C
When you go will you send back

    F      G     C
a letter from America

         C
Take a look up the railtrack

       F   G     C
From Miami to Canada
[Verse]
  F
Broke off from my work the other day

 Am
I spent the evening thinking about

  Am7                Am
All the blood that flowed away

  F
Across the ocean to the second chance

  Am                             F                   G
I wonder how it got on when it reached the promised land?
[Chorus]
         C
When you go will you send back

    F      G     C
a letter from America

         C
Take a look up the railtrack

       F   G     C
From Miami to Canada
[Verse]
  F
I've looked at the ocean
Tried hard to imagine
 Am
The way you felt the day you sailed

 Am7                 Am
From Wester Ross to Nova Scotia

 F
We should have held you
We should have told you
 Am
But you know our sense of timing

 F                  G
We always wait too long
[Chorus]
         C
When you go will you send back

    F      G     C
a letter from America

         C
Take a look up the railtrack

       F   G     C
From Miami to Canada
[Bridge]
 C           G
lochaber no more

 Am          G
Sutherland no more

 C           G
Lewis no more

 Am          G
Skye no more... (x3)
[Verse]
 F
I wonder my blood
Will you ever return
 Am
To help us kick the life back

 Am7            Am
To a dying mutual friend

 F
Do we not love her?
Do we not say we love her?
 Am
Do we have to roam the world

 F                    G
To prove how much it hurts?
[Chorus]
         C
When you go will you send back

    F      G     C
a letter from America

         C
Take a look up the railtrack

       F   G     C
From Miami to Canada
[Outro] (x4)
 C           G
Bathgate no more

 Am          G
Linwood no more

 C          G
Methil no more

 Am         G
Irvine no more