x B F#
If you're reading this, My momma is sitting there
G#m E
Looks like I only got a one way ticket over here
B F#
I sure wish I could give you one more kiss
G#m E
War was just a game we played when we were kids
C#m
Well I'm laying down my gun
B
I'm hanging up my boots
E
I'm up here with God
F#
And we're both watching over you
E F# G#m
So lay me down
E F# B
In that open field out on the edge of town
E F# G#m
And know my soul
E F#
Is where my momma always prayed that it would go.
E F# B F# E
And if you're reading this I'm already home.
B F#
If you're reading this, Half way around the world
G#m E
I won't be there to see the birth of our little girl
B F#
I hope she looks like you, I hope she fights like me
G#m E
And stands up for the innocent and the weak
C#m
I'm laying down my gun
B
I'm Hanging up my boots
E F#
Tell dad I don't regret that I followed in his shoes
E F# G#m
So lay me down
E F# B
In that open field out on the edge of town
E F# G#m
And know my soul
E F#
Is where my momma always prayed that it would go
E F# G#m F# E
And if you're reading this, I'm already home
B F#
If you're reading this, there's gonna come a day
G#m E
When you'll move on and find someone else and that's okay
B F#
Just remember this, I'm in a better place
G#m E F#
Where soldiers live in peace and angels sing amazing grace
E F# G#m
So lay me down
E F# B
In that open field out on the edge of town
E F# G#m
And know my soul
E F#
Is where my momma always prayed that it would go
E
And if you're reading this
F#
If you're reading this
B
I'm already home
