The Letters chords by Leonard Cohen

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Dear Heather:

The Letters



Intro:
Gm        D7sus4   D7   Gm        Dm7   D/A

     Gm                 D7sus4   D7
You never liked to get
     Gm                   Dm7   D/A
The letters that I sent
     Gm                      D7sus4   D7
But now you've got the gist
            D#maj7         D7sus4  D
Of what my letters meant

        Gm                  D7sus4   D7
You're reading them again,
    Gm                     Dm7   D/A
The ones you didn't burn
      Gm                      D7sus4   D7
You press them to your lips,
         D#maj7     D7sus4  D
My pages of concern
Cm7                     Gm
I said there'd been a flood
Cm7                     Gm
I said there's nothing left
F                        D#
I hoped that you would come
                  D
I gave you my address
       G#m              D#7sus4   D#7
Your story was so long,
      G#m                 D#m7   D#/A#
The plot was so intense,
G#m                         D#7sus4   D#7
It took you years to cross
              Emaj7       D#7sus4  D#
The lines of self-defense

G#m                        D#7sus4   D#7
The wounded forms appear:
     G#m                    D#m7   D#/A#
The loss, the full extent;
G#m                     D#7sus4   D#7
And simple kindness here,
         Emaj7            D#7sus4  D#
The solitude of strength
C#m7                    G#m
I said there'd been a flood
C#m7                    G#m
I said there's nothing left
F#                       E
I hoped that you would come
                  D#7sus4  D#
I gave you my address
     Gm                 D7sus4   D7
You walk into my room
      Gm                    Dm7   D/A
You stand there at my desk,
  Gm                 D7sus4   D7
Begin your letter to
               Gm          Dm7   D/A
The one who's coming next
    D#               D7
(Begin your letter to)
D#maj7  D7                        Gm
(Oooooooo    the one who's coming next)

                              Spoken:
Gm        D7sus4   D7         (You never liked to get the letters that I sent)
Gm        Dm7   D/A           (But now you've got the gist of what my letters meant)
Gm        D7sus4   D7         (You're reading them again, the ones you didn't burn)
D#maj7    D7sus4   D7         (You press them to your lips, my pages of concern)

Gm        D7sus4   D7         (I said there'd been a flood  I said there's nothing left)
Gm        Dm7   D/A           (I hoped that you would come  I gave you my address)
Gm        D7sus4   D7         (Your story was so long, the plot was so intense,)
D#maj7    D7sus4   D7         (It took you years to cross the lines of self-defense)

Gm        D7sus4   D7         (The wounded forms appear: the loss, the full extent;)
Gm                            (And simple kindness here, the solitude of strength)