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The Letter
Box Tops
Text File
Finger picking in 4/4 Time
Intro:
Em7 x 4 measures
(1)
Em C
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
D Em
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Em C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
D Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.
(2)
Em C
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
D Em
Got to get back to my baby once again.
Em C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
D Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.
Chorus:
G D
Well, she wrote me a letter,
C G D
Said she couldn't live without me no more... C! D! (single strum each)
G D C G D
Please, Mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more...
B7
Anyway...
Repeat Verse (1) & End:
Em C
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
D Em
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Em C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
D Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter,
B7 Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter
B7 Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.
Outro: (1 measure each chord except Em which is a single strum)
Em7, C7, D, Em!