Intro 1 G Intro 2 G C G C G C G Verse 1 C C D G I got a postcard in the mail today C D Em and on the back she wrote the words that she could not say, C D Em on the front a desert sky orange red and brown. C D G C G She wrote: will you think of me when the sun goes down? Verse 2 C C D G She wrote it wasn't anything I did C D Em to make her leave me all alone to raise both our kids. C D Em Said she cannot spend the night in that desert town C D G G 'cause she always thinks of me when the sun goes down Chorus C C Bm Bm So hard to know how long it's gonna take Em Em/D# G/D A/C# Am D to heal a heart that was never supposed to break. Verse 3 C D G She said to tell her mother hi for her C D Em and that she thinks of coming home but she's still not sure. C D Em Plays piano when she can but she hates the sound C D G G and she always thinks of me when sun goes down. Chorus C C Bm Bm So hard to know how long it's gonna take Em Em/D# G/D A/C# Am D to heal a heart that was never supposed to break, what a mistake. Interlude G C D G C D Em C D Verse 4 G C D G I put that postcard in the fire tonight C D Em like all the others that she sends 'cause they're all alike. C D Em I closed the window and I pulled the shades all down, C D G G I'm not gonna think of her when the sun goes down, C D G G when the sun goes down, C D G G when the sun goes down, C D G G when the sun goes down, C D G G when the sun goes down, C D G G when the sun goes down. Outro (Repeat and Fade Out) C D G G
