The Letter Cifras

THE LETTER by Joe Cocker
 
*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  2x0232  020100  x32010  xx0232  323000
 
 
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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