The Letter That Never Came chords by Charlie Poole

Chords with lyrics

CHARLIE POOLE
"The Letter That Never Came"

Intro: D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD  BbdimBbdim - (2 counts each)


Verse:
       B minorBm
"Is there any mail for me?"?
    BbdimBbdim        B minorBm
Was the question that he asked
    E MajorE               Asus4Asus4  A augmentedA
Of the postman at the closing of the day
    D?
But he turned away and sighed
    G+G         D?
While a tear stood in his eye
   D MajorD          E minorEm      D?
As he drooped his head and slowly walked away

Chorus:
     G+G
Was it from a gray-haired mother?
   D?
Or a sister, or a brother?
  G+G               D?
He waited all these many years in vain
  D?
Oh, from early morning light
     G+G         D?
He would wait 'til dark at night
      D MajorD     E minorEm      D MajorD     BbdimBbdim
?For the letter but, alas, it never came


Verse:
      B minorBm
As he waited all these years
  BbdimBbdim      Bm?
Joy mingled with his tears
     E MajorE              Asus4Asus4  A?
His poor soul had faded out with the tide?
     D MajorD
In his hand he held a note
     G+G        D MajorD
?And those simple words he wrote
    D MajorD         E minorEm       D?