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Letter Tab

by Joe Cocker


...THE LETTER... by Joe Cocker
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*from 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' (1970)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: )


Intro:



Verse 1:

                       
 Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
                   
 I ain't got time to take no fast train.
                                        
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.

Break:

    ,  (x2)

Verse 2:

                       
 I don't care how much I got to spend,
                      
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
                                        
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.

Break:

    ,  (x2)

Chorus 1:

                    
Well, she wrote me a letter,
                                          
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
             
 Listen to me Mister;
                         
Can't you see I've got to get back,
                       (n.)
To my baby once more...anyway?

Verse 3:

                       
 I don't care how much I got to spend,
                      
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
                                        
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.

Break:

    ,  (x2)

Solo:

  ,   ,   ,     

Break:

    ,  (x2)

Solo:

  ,   ,   ,     

Break:

    ,  (x2)

Chorus 2:

                    
Well, she wrote me a letter,
                                          
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
             
 Listen to me Mister;
                         
Can't you see I've got to get back,
                       (n.)
To my baby once more...anyway?

Verse 4:

                       
 Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
                   
 I ain't got time to take no fast train.
                                        
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me that letter.

Break:

    ,  (x2)

Coda:

                               
 (My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter.
                              
 My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter).

(Repeat)

Outro:

    ,  (x3), 


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x02210  133211  xx0212  320003  2x0230

                       

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 020100  x32010  xx0232  323000