...THE LETTER...

by Joe Cocker
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*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Bbm)
Intro:
Am
Verse 1:
Am
Give me
Am
I ain't
Am
Oh, the
My baby,

F
a ticket for an aeroplane,
D7
got time to take no fast train.
G
D/F#
F
E7
lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
she wrote me a letter.

Break:
Am

D, C (x2)

Verse 2:
Am
F
I don't care how much I got to spend,
Am
D7
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
Am
G
D/F#
F
E7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
Break:
Am

D, C (x2)

Chorus 1:
C
G
Well, she wrote me a letter,
F
C
G
G7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
C
G
Listen to me Mister;
F
C
Can't you see I've got to get back,
G
E7 (n.C)
To my baby once more... anyway?
Verse 3:
Am
F
I don't care how much I got to spend,
Am
D7
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
Am
G
D/F#
F
E7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.

Break:
Am

D, C (x2)

Solo:
Am

F, Am

D7, Am

G, D/F#

E7

G, D/F#

E7

Break:
Am

D, C (x2)

Solo:
Am

F, Am

D7, Am

Break:
Am

D, C (x2)

Chorus 2:
C
G
Well, she wrote me a letter,
F
C
G
G7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
C
G
Listen to me Mister;
F
C
Can't you see I've got to get back,
G
E7 (n.C)
To my baby once more... anyway?
Verse 4:
Am
Give me
Am
I ain't
Am
Oh, the
My baby,

F
a ticket for an aeroplane,
D7
got time to take no fast train.
G
D/F#
F
E7
lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
she wrote me that letter.

Break:
Am

D, C (x2)

Coda:
Am
D7
Am
D7
(My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter.
Am
D7
Am
D7
My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter).
(Repeat)
Outro:
Am

D, C (x3), Am

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
--------------Am
EADGBE
x02210

F
EADGBE
133211

D7
EADGBE
xx0212

G
EADGBE
320003

D/F#

E7

G7

EADGBE
2x0232

EADGBE
020100

EADGBE
x32010

EADGBE
xx0232

EADGBE
323000