Death Letter Chords by The White Stripes

Death Letter chords by The White Stripes

Guitar chords with lyrics

Capo on 1st
Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Abm

🎸 Intro:

Gm x4

🎸 Verse 1:
        Gm
I got a letter this morning
            Gm             Gm
What do you reckon it read?
            Gm
It said the gal you love is dead
        C                   C
I got a letter this morning
                      G      G G
What do you reckon it read?
      Dm                      C              G     Gm Gm
Said "Hurry, Hurry because the gal you love is dead"
              Gm
Well I packed up my suitcase
  Gm
I took off down the road
           Gm                                 Gm
When I got there she was layin' on the cooling board
               C
I packed up my suitcase
                        G     G G
And I took off down the road
D                       C                    G      G G D
When I got there she was layin' on the cooling board

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🎸 Instrumental:
G x 4
C Gm G G
Gm x 8

🎸 Verse 2:
               Gm                          Gm
It looked like ten thousand people standing around the burial ground
                G                                    G
I didn't know I loved her 'till they began to let her down
C                                                     G      G G
Looked like ten thousand people standing on the burial ground
                     D        C
I didn't know that I loved her
                            G    G G
'till they began to let her down
              Gm
You know it's so hard to love
             Gm
Someone that don't love you
               Gm
Won't get satisfaction
                    Gm  C
Don't care what you do
                C
So hard to love
                        G  G G
Someone that don't love you
D                           C
Don't look like satisfaction
                    G   Gm G D
Don't care what you do

🎸 Instrumental:
G x 4
C Gm G G
D F G G
G x 4
C Gm G G
D F G G
G x 4

🎸 Verse 3:
G         Gm
Well I got up this morning
             G
The break of day
                 Gm
Just hugging the pillows
            G
She used to lay
            C
Got up this morning
             G   G G
The break of day
D
Just hugging the pillows
C                    G
Where my baby used to lay

🎸 Outro:
G D G

Published: October 30, 2024

Last updated: September 10, 2025

The White Stripes chords for Death letter

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