Letter To Madeline chords by Ian Noe

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

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

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G

Verse 1:
           E minorEm     D MajorD
Looked like a hundred guns held on me
         A minorAm        C majorC     E minorEm
Hunkered by the shed of Detroit General & Company
        D MajorD           C majorC
Calling, boy come out, we have you jailed
            E minorEm      D MajorD
Beside the buck-shot door, I stood still
          A minorAm         C majorC        E minorEm
Wondering how the hell the bastards found me in those hills
          D MajorD           C majorC
And clinging to a letter that I wish I'd mailed

Chorus:
     E minorEm    D MajorD
Go rest easy, Madeline
    DmDm       A minorAm        C majorC      E minorEm
I'm bringing down the bank across this flooded county line
        D MajorD              C majorC
And when I get home, we'll have a grand old time
            E minorEm       D MajorD
But don't you shed no tears or be surprised
        A minorAm    G+G    C majorC        E minorEm
If you get the word that your wild man has up and died
          D MajorD          C majorC
Just set me up a stone on that high hillside

Interlude:

Verse 2:
          E minorEm        D MajorD
Now in the pouring snow, sad, but swift
          A minorAm
I headed down the highway
          C majorC           E minorEm
Hoping that the burden of my blues would lift
            D MajorD          C majorC
And praying that the whiskey would keep me brave
        E minorEm       D MajorD
Oh, but I got caught in the cold
        A minorAm      G+G C majorC       E minorEm
Looking like a hobo without no mercy from the road
           D MajorD         C majorC
And feeling like a dead man without a grave

Chorus:
     E minorEm   D MajorD
Go rest easy, Madeline
    DmDm       A minorAm        C majorC      E minorEm
I'm bringing down the bank across this flooded county line
        D MajorD              C majorC
And when I get home, we'll have a grand old time
            E minorEm       D MajorD
But don't you shed no tears or be surprised
         A minorAm    G+G   C majorC        E minorEm
If you get the word that your wild man has up and died
          D MajorD          C majorC
Just set me up a stone on that high hillside

C majorC     E minorEm
Oh my, oh my

Interlude:
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm C majorC
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC

Verse 3:
         E minorEm           D MajorD
Bloodied-up and chained, my legs pinned down
          A minorAm            C majorC      E minorEm
I woke to find my fate in the hands of four men gathered 'round
          D MajorD         C majorC
And cursing for the bag they knew I'd hid
               E minorEm         D MajorD
And the more they stomped and moaned, the more I prayed
        A minorAm            C majorC           E minorEm
Feeling every spark flying off of that file and their rusted blade
           D MajorD                 C majorC
Said, better think it through, this is your last chance, kid

Chorus:
     E minorEm   D MajorD
Go rest easy, Madeline
    DmDm       A minorAm        C majorC      E minorEm
I'm bringing down the bank across this flooded county line
        D MajorD              C majorC
And when I get home, we'll have a grand old time
            E minorEm       D MajorD
But don't you shed no tears or be surprised
         A minorAm    G+G   C majorC        E minorEm
If you get the word that your wild man has up and died
          D MajorD          C majorC
Just set me up a stone on that high hillside