Zach Bryan – Dear Miss (Guitar)

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As recorded by Zach Bryan (2025 release) This tab is for the complete, just released studio recording of the song.
[Intro]
   G                                   C                    G
e|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
B|---3-------3-----|---3-------3-----|---1-------1h3p1----|---0-------0-----|
G|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0----------0-|-------0-------0-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3-----3----|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|--------------------|-3---3---3---3---|

   C                    G                 Em      C         G
e|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|---1-------1h3p1----|---0-------0-----|---0--------1----|---0-------0------|
G|-------0----------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0--|
D|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-3---3---3-----3----|-----------------|---------3---3---|------------------|
E|--------------------|-3---3---3---3---|-0---0-----------|-3---3---3---3----|
h = hammer-on p = pull-off [Verse 1]
G
There's a letter to your mother that is hidden in my desk

       Cadd9                   G
That I wrote to her in a sober mind

Cadd9           G
It's my apology for all the things I used to be

    Em            Cadd9       G
And swearin' I'll change over time

G
She might not believe me 'cause no one ever does

           Cadd9                  G
Except her daughter that loves me true

Cadd9                   G
God forbid all it takes for a boy to finally wait

        Em               Cadd9         G
Just to be cherished and loved all the way through
[Verse 2]
G
She lets me drink my liquor when I'm singin' through the night

    Cadd9                       G
She slaps my hand when it's too much

      Cadd9                G
She's mean and she's kind, strong and divine

    Em        Cadd9     G
And Lord only knows how tough
[Chorus]
        Em           Cadd9    G
So dear Miss, by the time you see this

                          C     Em
It'll be in love or it'll be in pain

        Cadd9     G
May God bless and keep us

              C       Em       
May you think kind of my name
[Interlude] G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 G [Verse 3]
G
And I know I've had my days and I've made my mistakes

          Cadd9                           G
So please point me to the nearest perfect man

     Cadd9                     G
I'll gladly take advice from a man with no vice

      Em          Cadd9     G
If it means I can hold your hand
[Verse 4]
G
She was raised up proper and I was raised up

       Cadd9              G
With a poor working boy's heart

    Cadd9                           G
The way the light is beatin' on her smilin' cheeks this evenin'

       Em            Cadd9   G
Is the finest of the world's fine art
[Chorus]
        Em           Cadd9    G
So dear Miss, by the time you see this

                          C     Em
It'll be in love or it'll be in pain

        Cadd9     G
May God bless and keep us

              C       Em       
May you think kind of my name
[Interlude] G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Em Cadd9 G [Outro]
G
And she's standin' in the doorway ramblin' on about my old ways

    Cadd9                  G
How they were reckless and free

    Cadd9                    G
How all my imperfections and every ugly lesson

         Em         Cadd9       G
Is worth every last second with me