If Youre Reading This

          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