Letter In The Mail chords by James Taylor

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

FF G minorGm F/AF/A C/DC/D

Gm7Gm7 Bb5/C FF G minorGm

F/AF/A C/DC/D Gm7Gm7 Bb5/C

G#m7G#m7 B/C#

Verse 1:

F#F#     C#m7C#m7 F#/A# D#m7D#m7
If I could go down now
       G#m7G#m7   B5/C#
While the whole town is sleeping
     F#F# G#m7G#m7 F#/A# D#m7D#m7
See the sun creeping  up
      G#7G#7 B5/C#
On the hill  yeah
      F#F#  G#m7G#m7  F#/A# D#m7D#m7
I know the river and the railroad
   G#m7G#m7      B5/C#    F#/BF#/B  G#m11G#m11
Would run through the valley still

Verse 2:

B/C#     F#F#  G#m7G#m7 F#/A# D#m7D#m7
  I guess it never was much  to look at
   G#m7G#m7      B/C#
Just a one-horse town
F#F#  G#m7G#m7  F#/A# D#m7D#m7
 The kind of place young people
          G#7G#7  B/C#
Want to leave today
   F#F#  G#m7G#m7 F#/A# D#m7D#m7
Store fronts   pretty much boarded up
G#m7G#m7        B/C#      BMaj9Bmaj9   G#m7G#m7 F#/A# Bm7Bm7 D/ED/E
Main Street pretty much closed down

Verse 3:

    A augmentedA           C#m7C#m7  F#m9F#m9  F#m7F#m7
Oh the church bell still rings on Sunday
Bm7Bm7        E/F#E/F#
Old folks still go
   Bm7Bm7   A/C#A/C#     D MajorD   E MajorE
The young ones listen on the radio
A augmentedA        C#m7C#m7
 Saturday night
       G#m7G#m7
Nothing but a stray dog
      Gmaj7Gmaj7 F#sus4F#sus4 F#F#      Ab9sus  B/C#
Running wild like no - body's child

Chorus:

   F#F#  G#m7G#m7 F#/A# D#m7D#m7              G#m7G#m7   B/C#
And little by little,   light after light, that's how it died
F#F#   G#m7G#m7  F#/A# D#m7D#m7        G#7G#7   B/C#
  They say you never go home again, that's no lie
      F#F#  G#m7G#m7  F#/A# D#m7D#m7
It's like a letter in the mail  to a brother in jail
    G#7G#7
It's a matter of time
B/C#             F#F#     G#m7G#m7 F#/A# D#m9D#m9 G#m7G#m7 F#5/C#
Until you can do a little bit better time
            F#F# G#m7G#m7 F#/A# D#m9D#m9      B5/C# C5/D
Doesn't it good to believe          sometimes?

Verse 4:

  G+G   Am7Am7   G/BG/B  E minor 7Em7
It used to be part   of the heartland
 Am7Am7      C/DC/D
Awful proud and strong
  G+G   Am7Am7  G/BG/B E minor 7Em7
But deep, deep down
        A13A13 A7A7 C5/D
Peaceful and serene
 G+G   Am7Am7   G/BG/B   E minor 7Em7
When people used to talk about the country
 Am7Am7        C/DC/D    G/C  Am11Am11
That's what they used to mean

Verse 5:

  G+G  Am7Am7  G/BG/B E minor 7Em7
I might go down come the weekend
Am7Am7   C/DC/D
Go on my own
 G+G  Am7Am7 G/BG/B E minor 7Em7
Drop off Annie and the baby
      A13A13  A7A7 C5/D
Maybe drive alone
 G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B E minor 7Em7     Am7Am7
Pay my last respects to a time
           G6G6 Am7Am7 G/BG/B Cm7Cm7
That has all but gone

Verse 6:

Eb/FEb/F     Bb majorBb     Dm7Dm7     Gm9Gm9
  We said, Mama come look at the mountain
   Cm7Cm7      F/GF/G
The fire in the sky
Cm7Cm7    Bb/DBb/D     Eb MajorEb     F/AF/A
It's lit up like the Fourth of July
  Bb majorBb        Dm7Dm7
The mill burning down
   Am7Am7       Abmaj7Abmaj7
The jobs leaving town
   Gsus4Gsus4 G+G    A9sus Cm7Cm7 C/DC/D
The trains rolling by

Chorus:

   G+G   Am7Am7 G/BG/B E minor 7Em7            Am7Am7     C/DC/D
And little by little, light after light, that's how it died
G+G  Am7Am7   G/BG/B  E minor 7Em7        A7A7      C/DC/D
They say you never go home again, now that's no lie
       G+G   Am7Am7  G/DG/D E minor 7Em7
It's like a letter in the mail to a brother in jail
    A7A7      C/DC/D
It's a matter of time
                G+G     Am7Am7  G/BG/B D/ED/E Am7Am7 C5/D
Until you can do a little bit better time no no no

Outro:

G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B D/ED/E Am7Am7 C5/D

G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7 C/DC/D

G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7 C/DC/D

G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7 C/DC/D