The Last Letter

Jack Greene

Written by Rex Griffin

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                                       G7
Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
                                                  C
What have I done that's made you so different and cold
                                C7        F
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
G7                                             C
Or will you be happy when you are withered and old

Verse 2

                                            G7
I cannot offer you diamonds and mansions so fine
                                                    C
And I cannot offer you clothes that your young body craves
                                   C7         F
But if you'll say that you long to forever be mine
G7                                                           C
Just think of the heartaches the tears and the sorrow you'll save

Verse 3

                                              G7
When you are weary and tired of another man's gold
                                                C
And when you get lonely remember this letter my own
                                                     F C7
But don't try to answer though I've suffered anguish untold
G7                                               C
If you don't love me then why don't you leave me alone

Verse 4

                                           G7
As I am writing this letter I think of the past
                                             C
And of the promises that you are breaking so free
                                       C7          F
But to this old world I'll soon say my farewell at last
G7                                                 C
I will be gone when you read this last letter from me