The Letter
The Box Tops
e |-------------------|
B |-------------------|
G |-------------------|
D |-------2-0---------|
A |-----2-----3-2-----|
E |-0-4---------------|
Verse-1:
| Am | Am | F |
| Gimme a ticket f | or an | aeroplane, |
| G | D |
| Ain’t got time to take a | fast train. |
| Am | F |
| Lonely days are gone, | I’m a-goin’ home, |
| | E | Am |
| My | baby just wrote me a | letter. |
Verse-2:
| Am | F |
| I don’t care how much money I | gotta spend, |
| G | D |
| Got to get back to my | baby again |
| Am | F |
| Lonely days are gone, | I’m a-goin’ home, |
| | E | Am |
| My | baby just wrote me a | letter. |
Chorus:
| | C | G |
| Well, she | wrote me a | letter |
| | F | C | G |
| Said she | couldn’t | live with | out me no mo’. |
| C | G | F | C |
| Listen mister | can’t you see I | got to get | back |
| | G | E | E |
| To my | baby once a-mo’--any | way | ... |
Verse-3:
| Am | F |
| I don’t care how much money I | gotta spend, |
| G | D |
| Got to get back to my | baby again |
| Am | F |
| Lonely days are gone, | I’m a-goin’ home, |
| | E | Am |
| My | baby just wrote me a | letter. |
Chorus:
| | C | G |
| Well, she | wrote me a | letter |
| | F | C | G |
| Said she | couldn’t | live with | out me no mo’. |
| C | G | F | C |
| Listen mister | can’t you see I | got to get | back |
| | G | E | E |
| To my | baby once a-mo’--any | way | ... |
Verse-4:
| Am | F |
| Gimme a ticket for an | aeroplane, |
| G | D |
| Ain’t got time to take a | fast train. |
| Am | F |
| Lonely days are gone, | I’m a-goin’ home, |
| | E | Am |
| My | baby just wrote me a | letter. |
| | E | Am |
| My | baby just wrote me a | letter. |
| | E | Am |
| My | baby just wrote me a | letter. |
[C#] [G#] [D#m] [C#] [G#]
[C#] [G#] [D#m] [C#] [G#]
[C#] [G#] [D#m] [C#] [G#]