THE LETTER by Joe Cocker
*from 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' (1970)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Bbm)
[Intro]
Am
[Verse 1]
Am F
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
Am D7
I ain't got time to take no fast train.
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 C 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 C 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 C D, C (x2)
[Solo]
Am F, Am D7, Am G, D/F# F E7
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Solo]
Am F, Am D7, Am G, D/F# F E7
[Break]
Am C 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 F
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
Am D7
I ain't got time to take no fast train.
Am G D/F# F E7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me that letter.
[Break]
Am C 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 C D, C (x3), Am
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Am F D7 G D/F# E7 C D G7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 133211 xx0212 320003 2x0232 020100 x32010 xx0232 323000
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
