"Intro" hammering on  the High E string:  | -2/3/2/3/2/3/etc
(played with hand in Bm position for ease when starting song)

Verse:

Bm             G
I woke you up at four this morning
E              A
To whimper and to whine
Bm            G
To hear myself through spit and crackle
E                  A
Of a poor long distance line (etc, continuted Bm G E A pattern)


Chorus:
D       A                  Bm
By the way, I got your letter yesterday
                G                  E
It said there's no need to be sad
D                               Bm
It said that some things would never ever change
         E                A
But that some already had
D        A                    Bm
And I'd heard it from the corner of my ear
   G                      E
How that voice makes things right
D                              Bm
And I'm sure there's something more than memory
      E        A         D
Across the Maryland bridge tonight