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Mad Shelleys Letterbox chords by Robyn Hitchcock

Chords with lyrics

Verse :

Chord diagramE MajorE
Time
                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Is written on your face
                                    Chord diagramE MajorE
And the cold white arms of memory embrace you
Chord diagramE MajorE
Love


                  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Is all we lay to waste
          Chord diagramBB              Chord diagramF#F#            Chord diagramBB
Now it’s only lips of loneliness that taste you

Chorus:

    Chord diagramBB
Oh god you were beautiful
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Oh god you were beautiful
    Chord diagramBB
Oh god
          Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramC#C#  Chord diagramBB
Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards

Verse :

Chord diagramE MajorE                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Me I never left the room
                                          Chord diagramE MajorE
The lightbulb that shone down on me was gloomy
Chord diagramE MajorE                       Chord diagramA augmentedA
I could read you by the moon
     Chord diagramBB                Chord diagramF#F#               Chord diagramBB
The way you looked at me I thought you knew me

Chorus:

    Chord diagramBB
Oh god you were beautiful
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Oh god you were beautiful
   Chord diagramBB
Oh god
          Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramC#C#  Chord diagramBB
Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards
          Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramC#C#  Chord diagramBB
Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards
(Special delivery from mad Shelley)


Verse :

  Chord diagramE MajorE
What
                Chord diagramA augmentedA
Could anybody say
                                         Chord diagramE MajorE
Except in hindsight this was bound to happen
  Chord diagramE MajorE                         Chord diagramA augmentedA
When two souls collide this way
        Chord diagramBB              Chord diagramF#F#              Chord diagramBB
There’s no compartment they can find a map in

Bridge:

Chord diagramA augmentedA                      Chord diagramE MajorE                     Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramA augmentedA
I don’t know what your mind is thinking your mind’s not in your heart

Chorus:
    Chord diagramBB
Oh god you were beautiful
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Oh god you were beautiful
    Chord diagramBB
Oh god
          Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramC#C#  Chord diagramBB
Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards
          Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramC#C#  Chord diagramBB
Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards
          Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramG#G# Chord diagramC#C#  Chord diagramBB
Mad Shelley’s letterbox is full of birthday cards

Outro:

 Chord diagramBB
Ahhhh
 Chord diagramBB
Ahhhh
 Chord diagramBB
Ahhhh

Hook:

Chord diagramE MajorE|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--0--|
Chord diagramBB|--5-----4-----2-----0-----2-----0-----------------2-----0-----------------0--|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------------------------------2-----1-----------------2-----1-----4--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------4--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------2--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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