The letter     (midi)

 

     Am                               F

1. Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,

Am                                      D

    ain't got time to take the fastest train.

   Am                    G                    D                     F

    Oh, the lonely days are gone,     I'll be right home,

E                                   Am       Am-C-D-G      Am-C-D-G

    my baby wrote me a letter.

 

  Am                                                F

2. I don't care how much money I gotto spend,

Am                                          D

    I wanna find the way back home again

   Am                   G                    D                      F

    oh, the lonely days are gone,     I'll be right home,

E                                  Am         Am-C-D-G      Am-C-D-G

    my baby wrote me a letter.

 

            C            G        F                         C

She wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live

      G

without me no more.

  C                   G        F              C

Listen to me, mister, oh, I got a letter,

                G                      E  - - - - -

from my baby once more,    anyway!

 

3. = rep. verse 1  + CHORUS   + instr. = verse 1 + CHORUS

 

                                         Am          - D                Am            - D

+ rep. verse 1 + Says she loved me,    says she needed me,        

                           Am    Am-C-D-G      Am-C-D-G     Am-C-D-G - Am

    a woman who loves me !

 

 (orig. = capo 1st)    (Joe Cocker)