...THE LETTER... by Joe Cocker
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*from 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' (1970)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Bbm)


Intro:

Am (x02210@1)Verse 1:

Am (x02210@1)                     F (133211@1)Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
Am (x02210@1)                 D7 (xx0212@1)I ain't got time to take no fast train.
Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)            D/F# (200232@1)     F (133211@1)   E7 (020130@1)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 (x02210@1)                     F (133211@1)I don't care how much I got to spend,
        Am (x02210@1)            D7I (xx0212@1)won't find my way, my way back home again.
Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)            D/F# (200232@1)     F (133211@1)   E7 (020130@1)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 (x32010@1)        GWell, (320003@1)she wrote me a letter,
      F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)            G7Said; (320001@1)she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)Listen to me Mister;
          F (133211@1)             CCan't (x32010@1)you see I've got to get back,
      G (320003@1)              E7(n.C) (020130@1)To my baby once more...anyway?

Verse 3:

Am (x02210@1)                     F (133211@1)I don't care how much I got to spend,
        Am (x02210@1)            D7I (xx0212@1)won't find my way, my way back home again.
Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)            D/F# (200232@1)     F (133211@1)   E7 (020130@1)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 (x02210@1)F, Am (x02210@1)D7, Am (x02210@1)G, D/F# (200232@1)F (133211@1)E7 (020130@1)Break:

Am  C  D, C (x2)

Solo:

Am (x02210@1)F, Am (x02210@1)D7, Am (x02210@1)G, D/F# (200232@1)F (133211@1)E7 (020130@1)Break:

Am  C  D, C (x2)

Chorus 2:

          C (x32010@1)        GWell, (320003@1)she wrote me a letter,
      F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)            G7Said; (320001@1)she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)Listen to me Mister;
          F (133211@1)             CCan't (x32010@1)you see I've got to get back,
      G (320003@1)              E7(n.C) (020130@1)To my baby once more...anyway?

Verse 4:

Am (x02210@1)                     F (133211@1)Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
Am (x02210@1)                 D7 (xx0212@1)I ain't got time to take no fast train.
Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)            D/F# (200232@1)     F (133211@1)   E7 (020130@1)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 (x02210@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)               Am (x02210@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)(My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter.
Am (x02210@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)               Am (x02210@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)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 (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)    G (320003@1)    D/F# (200232@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02210  133211  xx0212  320003  2x0230

   E7 (020130@1)    C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)     G7 (320001@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 020100  x32010  xx0232  323000


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)