Tear Stained Letter chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D MajorD

Verse:
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I'm going to write a tear stained letter
       D MajorD
I'm going to mail it straight to you
       D MajorD
I'm going to bring back to your mind
           E7E7      A augmentedA
What you said about always being true
     D MajorD
About our secret hiding places
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Being daily satisfied
  D MajorD
I can see you sitting and reading it
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While you hang, you head and cry
     D MajorD
I just hope you're not so sad
       A augmentedA       D MajorD
You're going to go down suicide
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I'm going to write a tear stained letter
     D MajorD
Put it special delivery
       D MajorD
Because it's gonna be full of stuff
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That's only known to you and me
        D MajorD
About how every time I get turned on
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You turn me off and bring me down
     D MajorD
It'll be about the darkest news
       D MajorD
That ever did arrive in your hometown
     D MajorD
It'll be about the saddest thing
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Your mailman ever did bring around
       G+G
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
               D MajorD
I'm going to tell you one more time
     D MajorD
That you still could reconsider
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And come back to being mine
     D MajorD
And if you think about what I'm saying
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It'd be hard to refuse
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Just be sure you think a long time
    D MajorD
On the answer that you choose
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It will be a most important piece
    A augmentedA       D MajorD
Of personal, private news
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I'm going to write a tear stained letter
             D MajorD
Mark it "Personal Private News"
      D MajorD
And I hope you'll keep it to yourself
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And don't go around crying the blues
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Giving off a bad impression
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As to what went really wrong
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When what it was, was that suddenly
   D MajorD
The music was all gone
     D MajorD
And this man and this woman got cut off
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In the middle of our song
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I'm going to write a tear stained letter
             D MajorD
I'm going to put it to a tune
     D MajorD
So I'll be sending with it
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A majorA sweet melody for you
       D MajorD
And not some red-hot, upbeat zinger
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That'll set your body on fire
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But a hunk of love included
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Meant to take you a little higher
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And to settle on your sweet, sweet mind
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At night when you retire

Outro:
   G+G                      End on D MajorD
I'm going to write a tear stained letter