The Letter That Never Came chords by Charlie Poole

CHARLIE POOLE
"The Letter That Never Came"

Intro: D   A   D   Bbdim - (2 counts each)


Verse:
              Bm
"Is there any mail for me?"?
        Bbdim               Bm
Was the question that he asked
       E                             Asus4    A
Of the postman at the closing of the day
       D?
But he turned away and sighed
        G                 D?
While a tear stood in his eye
      D                    Em            D?
As he drooped his head and slowly walked away

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


Verse:
           Bm
As he waited all these years
    Bbdim            Bm?
Joy mingled with his tears
         E                           Asus4    A?
His poor soul had faded out with the tide?
          D
In his hand he held a note
          G               D
?And those simple words he wrote
        D                 Em             D?