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