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C G C
I recognize the writing, on the plain white envelope.
Am G Am F G C
I've wondered where she'd wind up, before she called or wrote.
F G Am G Am
The answer's in a circle, through the word 'Love' on a stamp,
Dm C G C
Postmarked Birmingham
C G C
I'd have bet on California, 'cause her sister's in Bel Aire.
Am G F G C
Or I could see Seattle, with her mom and dad up there.
C F C G Am
She never mentioned Alabama, so I don't understand.
Dm C G C
Postmarked Birmingham
Chorus:
Am F G C
A two-page letter written on, Ramada stationary.
Am F G C
Dated April twenty-two.
Dm C
She asked me not to hate her, said she's sorry.
Dm F C G F G
But leavin's what she felt she had to do.
C G C
So the day she left she made it, two hundred miles south.
Am G Am
Did she settle there, did she mail this note
F G C
on her way out of town.
F C G Am
What chance is there to find her, when the only clue I have is
Dm C G C
Postmarked Birmingham
Repeat Chorus
C G C
Every day down by the mailbox, standin' on the curb I check.
Am G Am F G C
The upper right hand corner, of every piece of mail I get.
F C Am
Hopin' there's that certain circle,
G Am
Through the word 'Love' on a stamp.
Dm C G C
Postmarked Birmingham,
F C G C F G C
Postmarked Birmingham.
