Letter To You tab by Bruce Springsteen

Tabs

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


Here are all the guitar riffs throughout the song.

To achieve the 60'sish sound for the guitar riffs, a little tremolo, reverb, and maybe some distortion.

Intro:

 F#m7add11      A augmentedA    D MajorD      E MajorE
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---2---1-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------4---2---4------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------0---2---4---2---0---------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

At the very end of the intro another guitar does this (0:12):
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----4b---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

(1:18) This riff from the intro is played again except on the piano everytime an F# minorF#m chord begins (3 times).
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----2---1-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------4----2--------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------4----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo:

(1:50)
   A augmentedA
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--0h2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------4---2---4-------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(1:58)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--0h2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------4---2---4-------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(2:07)
   F# minorF#m             A augmentedA
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------0h2--2-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---4--2--0--0---2--4---0--0--0---------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(2:14)                      (2:21)
   D MajorD            A augmentedA
e|------------------------------------------------------12-------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------12b----------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---4--2--0--0----2--4--2---0-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------0--4--5-------------------------------------|

Chorus:

(3:20) This riff from the intro is played again except on the piano everytime an F# minorF#m chord begins (3 times).
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----2---1-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------4----2--------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------4----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Outro:
(Prety much the same as the solo. Do the whole thing once and repeat until fade.)

  A augmentedA
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--2--2--2--2--2--0---------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------4---2---4-------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--0h2--2--2--2--2--0-------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------4---2---4-------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    F# minorF#m              A augmentedA
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------0h2--2-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---4--2--0--0---2--4---0--0--0---------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     D MajorD           A augmentedA
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---4--2--0--0----2--4--2---0-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------0--4--5-------------------------------------|


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