The Letter chords by The Arbors

Chords with lyrics

"The Letter"
                (Wayne Carson Thompson)
                   The Arbors
                   No. 20, 1969

CAPO 1st FRET!!!

Intro [2 acoustic guitars, chords implied, bass enters 2nd time]:

    guitar 1:

    (E minor 7Em7)     (A augmentedA)        (E minorEm)
    v    v    v    v    v    v    v    v
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    3-3---3-3---3-2---2---2-2---2---|0--x----0-----------------------|
    0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-2---2---|0--x----0-----------------------|
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

    guitar 2:

    (E minor 7Em7)     (A augmentedA)        (E minorEm)
    v    v    v    v    v    v    v    v
    --------------------------------|--------------------0-----------|
    --------------------------------|----------------0h3-------------|
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    2(second-time-only)-------------|----------------------------0---|
    --------------------------------|------------------------2-------|
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Verse 1:

    E minorEm    C majorC    G+G    A7A7    E minorEm    C7C7    B7B7
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

    guitar 1:

    (E minor 7Em7)     (A augmentedA)        (E minorEm)
    v    v    v    v    v    v    v    v
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    3-3---3-3---3-2---2---2-2---2---|0--x----0-----------------------|
    0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-2---2---|0--x----0-----------------------|
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

    guitar 2:

    (E minor 7Em7)     (A augmentedA)        (E minorEm)
    v    v    v    v    v    v    v    v
    --------------------------------|--------------------0-----------|
    --------------------------------|----------------0h3-------------|
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
    --------------------------------|----------------------------0---|
    --------------------------------|------------------------2-------|
    --------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Verse 2:

    E minorEm    C majorC    G+G    A7A7    E minorEm    C7C7    B7B7    E minorEm Em6Em6
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

    Em#6 E minor 7Em7
    / / / /

Chorus:

    G+G  D MajorD  C majorC  G+G  D MajorD         G+G  D MajorD  C majorC  G+G  D MajorD    B7B7
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Instrumental:

    E minorEm    C majorC    G+G    A7A7    E minor 7Em7   CaddD  B7B7
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

    [OK, here's where it gets strange. The band ends on F minorFm (E minorEm with capo),
     while the strings hold a BB (single note) for 4 bars.]

Bridge:

    Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb  AbAb Eb MajorEb  Bbsus4Bbsus4      Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb  AbAb Eb MajorEb  Bbsus4Bbsus4
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

    Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb  AbAb Eb MajorEb  Bbsus4Bbsus4      Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb  AbAb Eb MajorEb  Bbsus4Bbsus4
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
    [gradually slower]

[Repeat intro, 2x, harpsichord enters 2nd time, doubling guitar 1]

Verse 3:

    E minorEm    C majorC    G+G    A7A7    E minorEm    C7C7    B7B7
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Coda [repeat to fade]:

    E minorEm    A augmentedA
    / / / / / / / /

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