Letter chords by Joe Cocker

...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#

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 x02210 133211 xx0212 320003 2x0230

  E7   C    D    G7

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 020100 x32010 xx0232 323000


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)