The Letter
Wayne Carson Thompson / the Box Tops (1967); Joe Cocker (1970)
| (n.c.) | |
| Give me a ticket for an aeroplane, Ain't got time to take the fastest train. |
| Am | |
| Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home, My baby just wrote me a | letter. |
| Intro: | perc. | Am | (Bass-Intro) | ||
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| Am | F | G | D | |
| Give me a ticket for an | aeroplane, | Ain't got time to take the | fastest train. |
| Am | F | E7 | Am | |
| Lonely days are gone, | I'm a-goin' home, My | baby just wrote me a | letter. |
| Am | F | G | D | |
| I don't care how much money I | gotta spend, | Got to get back to my | baby again! |
| Am | F | E7 | Am | |
| Lonely days are gone, | I'm a-goin' home, My | baby just wrote me a | letter. |
| C | G | F | C | G | G | |
| Well she | wrote me a | letter Said she | couldn't | live with | out me no more. |
| C | G | F | C | G | E7 | |
| Listen mister | can't you see I | got to get | back to my | baby once more. - | Anyway. |
| Am | F | G | D | |
| Give me a ticket for an | aeroplane, | Ain't got time to take the | fastest train! |
| Am | F | E7 | Am | |
| Lonely days are gone, | I'm a-goin' home, My | baby just wrote me a | letter. |
| C | G | F | C | G | G | |
| Well she | wrote me a | letter Said she | couldn't | live with | out me no more. |
| C | G | F | C | G | E7 | |
| Listen mister | can't you see I | got to get | back to my | baby once more. | Anyway. |
| Am | F | G | D | |
| Give me a ticket for an | aeroplane, | Ain't got time to take the | fastest train |
| Am | F | E7 | Am | |
| Lonely days are gone, | I'm a-goin' home, My | baby just wrote me a | letter! |
| Am | F | G | D | |
| I don't care how much money I | gotta spend, | Got to get back to my | baby again. |
| Am | F | E7 | Am | |
| Lonely days are gone, | I'm a-goin' home, My | baby just wrote me a | letter - I said, |
| (n.c.) | Am | |
| My | baby just wrote me a | letter. |