THE LETTER by Joe Cocker
*from 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' (1970)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: [Bbm])
Intro
[Am]
Verse 1
[Am] [F]
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
[Am] [D7]
I ain't got time to take no fast train.
[Am] [G] [D/F#] [F] [E7]
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
Break
[Am] [C] [D], [C] (x2)
Verse 2
[Am] [F]
I don't care how much I got to spend,
[Am] [D7]
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
[Am] [G] [D/F#] [F] [E7]
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
Break
[Am] [C] [D], [C] (x2)
Chorus 1
[C] [G]
Well, she wrote me a letter,
[F] [C] [G] [G7]
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
[C] [G]
Listen to me Mister;
[F] [C]
Can't you see I've got to get back,
[G] [E7] (n.[C])
To my baby once more... anyway?
Verse 3
[Am] [F]
I don't care how much I got to spend,
[Am] [D7]
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
[Am] [G] [D/F#] [F] [E7]
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
Break
[Am] [C] [D], [C] (x2)
Solo
[Am] [F], [Am] [D7], [Am] [G], [D/F#] [F] [E7]
Break
[Am] [C] [D], [C] (x2)
Solo
[Am] [F], [Am] [D7], [Am] [G], [D/F#] [F] [E7]
Break
[Am] [C] [D], [C] (x2)
Chorus 2
[C] [G]
Well, she wrote me a letter,
[F] [C] [G] [G7]
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
[C] [G]
Listen to me Mister;
[F] [C]
Can't you see I've got to get back,
[G] [E7] (n.[C])
To my baby once more... anyway?
Verse 4
[Am] [F]
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
[Am] [D7]
I ain't got time to take no fast train.
[Am] [G] [D/F#] [F] [E7]
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me that letter.
Break
[Am] [C] [D], [C] (x2)
Coda
[Am] [D7] [Am] [D7]
(My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter.
[Am] [D7] [Am] [D7]
My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter).
(Repeat)
Outro
[Am] [C] [D], [C] (x3), [Am]
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[Am] [F] [D7] [G] [D/F#] [E7] [C] [D] [G7]
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
