The Letter - The Box Tops
Written by Wayne Carson Thompson
Verse 1
[Am] [F]
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
[G] [D]
Ain't got time to take a fast train
[Am] [F]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
[E] [Am]
Cause my baby just wrote me a letter
Verse 2
[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
[E] [Am]
My baby just wrote me a letter
Chorus
[C] [G]
Well she wrote me a letter
[F] [C] [G]
Said she couldn't live without me no more
[C] [G]
Listen mister can't you see
[F] [C] [G]
I got to get back to my baby once more
[E]
Anyway
Verse 3
[Am] [F]
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
[G] [D]
Ain't got time to take a fast train
[Am] [F]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
[E] [Am]
Cause my baby just wrote me a letter
Chorus
[C] [G]
Well she wrote me a letter
[F] [C] [G]
Said she couldn't live without me no more
[C] [G]
Listen mister can't you see
[F] [C] [G]
I got to get back to my baby once more
[E]
Anyway
Verse 4
[Am] [F]
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
[G] [D]
Ain't got time to take a fast train
[Am] [F]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
[E] [Am]
Cause my baby just wrote me a letter
[E] [Am]
Cause my baby just wrote me a letter
(It's the same as the first chorus, but moved up a half step and with no lyrics)
Outro
[C#] [G#]
[F#] [C#] [G#]
[C#] [G#]
[F#] [C#] [G#]
(And then I like to end on F#)
