The Letter chords by Richard Walters

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F

Difficulty: Novice

* = Single Strum

Intro:
C* F   Am    G
C* F   Am    G
C* F   Am    G    C F* C

F

Verse 1:
          Am        G        F
Sweat and blood and ink I've spent
    Am            G    F
But I've saved my tears
        Am       G        C    F* C     F
I won't spring a leak for them
        Am          G      F
Sharply dressed and ill at ease
       Am     G       F
Like a sucker keen to please
             Am        G      C F* C  G
The man, the boss, the teacher


Pre-Chorus 1:
                        C   F* C
I have tried to fall in love
       G
It did nothing more then leave me messed up
     Am    G      F
Some wild, bitter baby
        G
Now I'm crying for whoever


Chorus 1:
Dm     Am              G
Contentment would have made
C          G        Am
All things pass and change
           Dm     G
I wish you could
                   C F* C   F
Have lived your life


Verse 2:
        Am     G              F
All the things you would have seen
       Am      G        F
Oh the man you could've been
        Am    G         C F* C   F
I would stand beside you
        Am        G       F
Now the hours and seconds crawl
        Am       G      F
Made me question it all again
       Am      G       C     F* C   G
Why my son, my boy, my light?


Pre-Chorus 2:
                                C    F* C
You would have found someone to love
       G
Someone sweet and kind, a lot like you
      Am G    F
She'd be your everything
       G
And it could have saved you


Chorus 2:
Dm     Am              G
Contentment would have made
C          G        Am
All things pass and change
           Dm     G
I wish you could
                   C F* C
Have lived your life


Chorus 3:
Dm     Am              G
Contentment would have made
C          G        Am
All things pass and change
           Dm     G
I wish you could
                   C F* C
Have lived your life