The Letter

	 
"The Letter" is a song written by Wayne Carson that was first recorded by the American rock band the Box Tops in 1967
[Intro]
Am
[Verse]
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.
[Instrumental]
Am  C  D, C (x2)
[Verse]
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.
[Instrumental]
Am  C  D, C (x2)
[Chorus]
          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]
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.
[Instrumental]
Am  C  D, C (x2)
[Solo]
Am  F, Am  D7, Am  G, D/F#  F  E7
[Instrumental]
Am  C  D, C (x2)
[Solo]
Am  F, Am  D7, Am  G, D/F#  F  E7
[Instrumental]
Am  C  D, C (x2)
[Chorus]
          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]
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.
[Instrumental]
Am  C  D, C (x2)
[Outro]
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). 
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). 
Am  C  D, C (x3)  
 
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