...THE LETTER... by Joe Cocker
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*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
 x02210  133211  xx0212  320003  2x0230  020100  x32010  xx0232  323000


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