Airmail To Heaven Chords
by Carl Smith
Airmail To Heaven by Carl Smith is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C
A letter was written by a little girl's hand
F C
It was sealed with her little heart's love
G7 C
Said airmail to heaven to daddy
D7 G7
To your new home somewhere up above
C
As a postman I knew that it couldn't be mailed
F C
And so I opened the letter and I read
F C
To my surprise tears filled my eyes
G7 C
Here's what the little girl said
C
Dear daddy mommy now loves someone new
F C
She says that you're not coming home
G7 C
She told me to try to understand
D7 G7
She can't go on living alone
C
Please daddy don't be mad at mommy
F C
She needs someone for all she's been through
F C
Cause he will never take your place
G7 C
He'll be just filling in for you
C
I hope that you can forgive her
F C
So I'm sealing this letter with love
G7 C
And I'm sending it airmail to heaven
D7 G7
To your new home somewhere up above
C
Well I finished and I folded the letter
F C
The tears rolling down my face
F C
For I was the new man she mentioned
G7 C
Who was taking her daddy's place
F C
For I was the new man she mentioned
G7 C
Who was taking her daddy's place