The Letters chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

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

Dear Heather:

The Letters


Intro:
G minorGm    D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7  G minorGm    Dm7Dm7  D/AD/A

   G minorGm         D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7
You never liked to get
   G minorGm          Dm7Dm7  D/AD/A
The letters that I sent
   G minorGm           D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7
But now you've got the gist
      D#Maj7D#maj7     D7sus4D7sus4 D MajorD
Of what my letters meant

    G minorGm         D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7
You're reading them again,
  G minorGm           Dm7Dm7  D/AD/A
The ones you didn't burn
   G minorGm           D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7
You press them to your lips,
     D#Maj7D#maj7   D7sus4D7sus4 D MajorD
My pages of concern
Cm7Cm7           G minorGm
I said there'd been a flood
Cm7Cm7           G minorGm
I said there's nothing left
FF            D#D#
I hoped that you would come
         D MajorD
I gave you my address
    G# minorG#m       D#7sus4D#7sus4  D#7D#7
Your story was so long,
   G# minorG#m         D#m7D#m7  D#/A#
The plot was so intense,
G# minorG#m             D#7sus4D#7sus4  D#7D#7
It took you years to cross
       EMaj7Emaj7    D#7sus4D#7sus4 D#D#
The lines of self-defense

G# minorG#m            D#7sus4D#7sus4  D#7D#7
The wounded forms appear:
   G# minorG#m          D#m7D#m7  D#/A#
The loss, the full extent;
G# minorG#m           D#7sus4D#7sus4  D#7D#7
And simple kindness here,
     EMaj7Emaj7      D#7sus4D#7sus4 D#D#
The solitude of strength
C#m7C#m7          G# minorG#m
I said there'd been a flood
C#m7C#m7          G# minorG#m
I said there's nothing left
F#F#            E MajorE
I hoped that you would come
         D#7sus4D#7sus4 D#D#
I gave you my address
   G minorGm         D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7
You walk into my room
   G minorGm          Dm7Dm7  D/AD/A
You stand there at my desk,
 G minorGm         D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7
Begin your letter to
        G minorGm     Dm7Dm7  D/AD/A
The one who's coming next
  D#D#        D7D7
(Begin your letter to)
D#Maj7D#maj7 D7D7            G minorGm
(Oooooooo  the one who's coming next)

               Spoken:
G minorGm    D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7     (You never liked to get the letters that I sent)
G minorGm    Dm7Dm7  D/AD/A      (But now you've got the gist of what my letters meant)
G minorGm    D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7     (You're reading them again, the ones you didn't burn)
D#Maj7D#maj7  D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7     (You press them to your lips, my pages of concern)

G minorGm    D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7     (I said there'd been a flood I said there's nothing left)
G minorGm    Dm7Dm7  D/AD/A      (I hoped that you would come I gave you my address)
G minorGm    D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7     (Your story was so long, the plot was so intense,)
D#Maj7D#maj7  D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7     (It took you years to cross the lines of self-defense)

G minorGm    D7sus4D7sus4  D7D7     (The wounded forms appear: the loss, the full extent;)
G minorGm              (And simple kindness here, the solitude of strength)