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The Letter Chords

Music by: The Box Tops · 1967
Genre Pop Tone A minor BPM 140 Views 1592
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[Verse 1]
[Am]Gimme a ticket for an aer[F]oplane
[G]Ain't got time to take a [D]fast train
[Am]Lonely days are gone, [F]I'm a-goin' home
My [E]baby just wrote me a let[Am]ter

[Verse 2]
[Am]I don't care how much money I go[F]tta spend
[G]Got to get back to my [D]baby again
[Am]Lonely days are gone, [F]I'm a-goin' home
My [E]baby just wrote me a let[Am]ter

[Chorus 1]
Well, she [C]wrote me a [G]letter
Said she [F]couldn't [C]live with[G]out me no more
[C]Listen mister, [G]can't you see I [F]got to get [C]back
To my [G]baby once-a more
[E]Anyway, yeah

[Verse 3]
[Am]Gimme a ticket for an aer[F]oplane
[G]Ain't got time to take a [D]fast train
[Am]Lonely days are gone, [F]I'm a-goin' home
My [E]baby just wrote me a let[Am]ter

[Chorus 2]
Well, she [C]wrote me a [G]letter
Said she [F]couldn't [C]live with[G]out me no more
[C]Listen mister, [G]can't you see I [F]got to get [C]back
To my [G]baby once-a more
[E]Anyway, yeah

[Verse 4]
[Am]Gimme a ticket for an aer[F]oplane
[G]Ain't got time to take a [D]fast train
[Am]Lonely days are gone, [F]I'm a-goin' home
My [E]baby just wrote me a let[Am]ter
Because my [E]baby just wrote me a let[Am]ter

[Outro 1]
[C#][G#][F#][C#]
[G#][G#]
[Repeat and fade out]
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