The Letter chords
The Box Tops 1967 (Wayne Carson Thompson)*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Letter_(Box_Tops_song)
[Am] [F]
Gimme a ticket for an air o plane,
[G] [D]
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
[Am] [F]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
[E7] [E] [Am]
'Cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
[Am] [F]
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
[G] [D]
Got to get back to my baby again
[Am] [F]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
[E7] [E] [Am]
'Cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
[C] [G]
Well, she wrote me a letter
[F] [C] [G]
Said she couldn't live without me no mo'.
[C] [G] [F] [C]
Listen mister can't you see I got to get back
[G] [E] [E7]
To my baby once a-mo'--anyway...
[Am] [F]
Gimme a ticket for an air o plane,
[G] [D]
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
[Am] [F]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
[E7] [E] [Am]
'Cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
[C] [G]
Well, she wrote me a letter
[F] [C] [G]
Said she couldn't live without me no mo'.
[C] [G] [F] [C]
Listen mister can't you see I got to get back
[G] [E] [E7]
To my baby once a-mo'--anyway...
[Am] [F]
Gimme a ticket for an air o plane,
[G] [D]
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
[Am] [F]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
[E7] [E] [Am]
'Cause my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
[E7] [E] [Am]
Because my baby just a-wrote me a letter.
[C#] [G#] [F#] [C#] [G#] .......
* Alternates:
Capo III
[Am] = [F#m]
[F] = [D]
[G] = [E]
[D] = [B]
[C] = [A]
[E7] = [C#7]
[E] = [C#]
[C#] = [Bb]
[F#] = [Eb]
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
[Am] = [Dm]
[F] = [Bb]
[G] = [C]
[D] = [G]
[C] = [F]
[E7] = [A7]
[E] = [A]
[C#] = [F#]
[F#] = [B]
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