VERSE ONE:      Well, I [C]found a

..bunch of letters

                They were

..[F]written for the fellow

                Who [G]broke your

..momma's heart

                And the

..[C]envelope folds [F]smelled of

..her ancient per[G]fume

                [F]I'll bet she

..didn't [G]know

                How to re[C]spond

..to forty [C/B]blankets of

..[Am]snow

                [Am/G]Caught him

..out [F]wandering a[G]lone

                With no place to

..[C]go [F C]

CHORUS I:       [F] There were

..stars in the [C]sky

                There were

..[C]houses on the [C/B]hill

                There were

..[Am]bottles and [Am/G]pills

                That were [F]easy

..to buy to [G]keep her warm

                From the

..[C]oncoming storm [F C]

VERSE TWO:      Well, I found them

..in the northwest corner of the

..attic

                In a box labeled

.."Tinsel and Lights"

                Didn't know what I

..was looking for

                Maybe just a

..blanket or artifacts

                Eisenhower sent

..him to war

                He kept her

..picture in his pocket that was

..closest to his heart

                And when he hit

..shore, it must have been a

..target

                For the gunner-men

CHORUS II:      There were stars

..in the sky

                There were bunkers

..in the hill

                And there were

..caskets to fill where he would

..lie

                Shrouded in the

..red, white & blue with the

..stripes

repeat CHORUS I