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The Letter
Midnight Youth
Text File
Song by the New Zealand band Midnight Youth.
Capo on 4th fret, standard tuning.
This is the version that was played live in Real Groovy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_DJmX_ziXk
Chords:
EADGBe
G |320033
Em7 |022033
Cadd9|x32033
D |xx0232
D/F# |200232
Cadd9 seems to have a hammer-on onto the 2, and D and D/F# has a hammer-on/pull-
off to Dsus4 a few times.
Verse 1
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G Em7 Cadd9 D
Yesterday, I got a letter, from an old friend of mine.
G Em7 Cadd9 D
It had some words and a picture, you had changed your life. You said that...
Pre-Ghorus
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Cadd9 D Cadd9 D
If you're the same boy I knew of, when those days slipped slowly by,
Cadd9 D G D/F# Em7 D Cadd9 D
we should meet up and see if, we could be on alright, this time.
Verse 2
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G Em7 Cadd9 D
And so we talked of our stories til the sun and the waves, they turned in.
G Em7 Cadd9 D
We made plans for the next year, you were on my mind, all of the time.
Pre-Chorus
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Cadd9 D Cadd9 D
Because. If you're the same girl I knew of, when those days slipped slowly by,
Cadd9 D G D/F# Em7 D Cadd9 D
we should meet up and see if, we could be on alright, this time.
Chorus
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Cadd9 G D
Do you think that I will change your world if I go?
Cadd9 G D
Join you on the shores with stories untold?
Cadd9 D G D/F# Em7 D Cadd9
Do you think that we could do this, living, breathing, under the sun?
Dsus
You were on my mind, all of the time.
Pre-Chorus
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Cadd9 D Cadd9 D
If we're the same kids we knew of, when those days slipped slowly by.
Cadd9 D G D/F# Em7 D Cadd9 D
we should meet up and see if, we could be on alright, this time.
Chorus
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Cadd9 G D
Do you think that I will change your world if I go?
Cadd9 G D
Join you on the shores with stories untold?
Cadd9 D G Em7 D
Do you think that we could do this, living, breathing
Bridge
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Cadd9 G D
Oh and did you think that you were homeward bound?
Cadd9 G D
Cos I am leaving on the next plane out.
Cadd9 G D
And all these stars, are they aligning now?
Chorus
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Cadd9 G D
Do you think that I will change your world if I go?
Cadd9 G D
Join you on the shores with stories untold?
Cadd9 G D
Yeah we could do this, oh oh
Enjoy