Letter chords by Joe Cocker

Chords with lyrics

...THE LETTER... by Joe Cocker
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*from 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' (1970)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: BbmBbm)


Intro:

A minorAm

Verse 1:

A minorAm            FF
 Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
A minorAm          D7D7
 I ain't got time to take no fast train.
A minorAm       G+G       D/F#D/F#    FF   E7E7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.

Break:

A minorAm C majorC D, C majorC (x2)

Verse 2:

A minorAm            FF
 I don't care how much I got to spend,
    A minorAm       D7D7
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
A minorAm       G+G       D/F#D/F#    FF   E7E7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.

Break:

A minorAm C majorC D, C majorC (x2)

Chorus 1:

     C majorC     G+G
Well, she wrote me a letter,
   FF      C majorC     G+G       G7G7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
C majorC       G+G
 Listen to me Mister;
     FF        C majorC
Can't you see I've got to get back,
   G+G        E7E7 (n.C)
To my baby once more...anyway?

Verse 3:

A minorAm            FF
 I don't care how much I got to spend,
    A minorAm       D7D7
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
A minorAm       G+G       D/F#D/F#    FF   E7E7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.

Break:

A minorAm C majorC D, C majorC (x2)

Solo:

A minorAm F, A minorAm D7, A minorAm G, D/F#D/F# FF E7E7

Break:

A minorAm C majorC D, C majorC (x2)

Solo:

A minorAm F, A minorAm D7, A minorAm G, D/F#D/F# FF E7E7

Break:

A minorAm C majorC D, C majorC (x2)

Chorus 2:

     C majorC     G+G
Well, she wrote me a letter,
   FF      C majorC     G+G       G7G7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
C majorC       G+G
 Listen to me Mister;
     FF        C majorC
Can't you see I've got to get back,
   G+G        E7E7 (n.C)
To my baby once more...anyway?

Verse 4:

A minorAm            FF
 Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
A minorAm          D7D7
 I ain't got time to take no fast train.
A minorAm       G+G       D/F#D/F#    FF   E7E7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me that letter.

Break:

A minorAm C majorC D, C majorC (x2)

Coda:

A minorAm    D7D7         A minorAm   D7D7
 (My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter.
A minorAm    D7D7         A minorAm   D7D7
 My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter).

(Repeat)

Outro:

A minorAm C majorC D, C majorC (x3), A minorAm


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  A minorAm   FF    D7D7   G+G   D/F#D/F#

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 x02210 133211 xx0212 320003 2x0230

  E7E7   C majorC    D MajorD    G7G7

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 020100 x32010 xx0232 323000


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
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