Chords for Death Letter Blues
Tempo:
105.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
Gm
D
C
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
I got [Gm] a letter this morning, [G] how do you reckon it read?
Say hurry, hurry the gal, your love is dead
I got a letter this morning, [D] how do you [G] reckon it read?
[Bm] Oh, it said hurry, [Em] hurry, [C] because that gal, [G] your love is dead
You know I ground up my suitcase, [Gm] took her down the road
Oh, when I got [G]
there, [Gm] she layin' on the [Em] coolin' floor
I ground up my [D] suitcase, I said I took her [G] down the road
I said [G] when I got there, she layin' on the coolin' floor
You know [Gm] I walk up close, [G] look down and I freeze
It's a good old girl, got to lay her in a judgment [E] bed
I said I walk up close, [G] I said I look down and I freeze
I [D] said it's a good old [G] girl, got to lay her in a judgment bed
You know [Gm] I looked like ten [G] thousand people, [Gm] was standin' [G] round the burying ground
[F] I didn't know I loved her, [Gm] until I laid her down
Looked like ten thousand, standin' round the burying ground
[D] You know I didn't know I didn't [C] love her, until I [G] began to lay her down
You know [B] I didn't feel so bad, [G] until the good Lord's son went down
I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around
I [C] didn't feel so bad, until the good Lord's son went down
I said I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around
You know it's so hard to love someone that don't love you
[Gm] Don't look like a satisfaction, don't care what you do
It's so hard to love someone that don't love you
You [D] know love got a satisfaction, don't [G] care what you do
You know love has a heart, [Bb] make you do things [G] you don't want to do
Love sometimes, leave you feelin' sad and blue
[Eb] Love has a [C] heart, make you [G] do things you don't want to do
[D] Love [C] sometimes, [G] leave you feelin' sad and blue
[Gm] [Gm]
I got [Gm] a letter this morning, [G] how do you reckon it read?
Say hurry, hurry the gal, your love is dead
I got a letter this morning, [D] how do you [G] reckon it read?
[Bm] Oh, it said hurry, [Em] hurry, [C] because that gal, [G] your love is dead
You know I ground up my suitcase, [Gm] took her down the road
Oh, when I got [G]
there, [Gm] she layin' on the [Em] coolin' floor
I ground up my [D] suitcase, I said I took her [G] down the road
I said [G] when I got there, she layin' on the coolin' floor
You know [Gm] I walk up close, [G] look down and I freeze
It's a good old girl, got to lay her in a judgment [E] bed
I said I walk up close, [G] I said I look down and I freeze
I [D] said it's a good old [G] girl, got to lay her in a judgment bed
You know [Gm] I looked like ten [G] thousand people, [Gm] was standin' [G] round the burying ground
[F] I didn't know I loved her, [Gm] until I laid her down
Looked like ten thousand, standin' round the burying ground
[D] You know I didn't know I didn't [C] love her, until I [G] began to lay her down
You know [B] I didn't feel so bad, [G] until the good Lord's son went down
I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around
I [C] didn't feel so bad, until the good Lord's son went down
I said I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around
You know it's so hard to love someone that don't love you
[Gm] Don't look like a satisfaction, don't care what you do
It's so hard to love someone that don't love you
You [D] know love got a satisfaction, don't [G] care what you do
You know love has a heart, [Bb] make you do things [G] you don't want to do
Love sometimes, leave you feelin' sad and blue
[Eb] Love has a [C] heart, make you [G] do things you don't want to do
[D] Love [C] sometimes, [G] leave you feelin' sad and blue
[Gm] [Gm]
Key:
G
Gm
D
C
Em
G
Gm
D
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I got [Gm] a letter this morning, [G] how do you reckon it read?
Say hurry, hurry the gal, your love is dead
I got a letter this morning, [D] how do you [G] reckon it read? _ _
_ _ [Bm] Oh, it said hurry, [Em] hurry, [C] because that gal, [G] your love is dead _ _
_ You know I ground up my suitcase, [Gm] took her down the road
Oh, when I got [G]
there, [Gm] she layin' on the [Em] coolin' floor
I ground up my [D] suitcase, I said I took her [G] down the road _ _
_ _ I said [G] when I got there, she layin' on the coolin' floor _
_ _ You know [Gm] I walk up close, [G] _ look down and I freeze
It's a good old girl, got to lay her in a judgment [E] bed
I said I walk up close, [G] I said I look down and I freeze _
_ _ _ I [D] said it's a good old [G] girl, got to lay her in a judgment bed _
_ _ _ You know [Gm] I looked like ten [G] thousand people, [Gm] was standin' [G] round the burying ground
[F] I didn't know I loved her, [Gm] until I laid her down
Looked like ten thousand, _ _ standin' round the burying ground
_ _ _ [D] You know I didn't know I didn't [C] love her, until I [G] began to lay her down _
_ _ _ You know [B] I didn't feel so bad, [G] until the good Lord's son went down
I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around
I [C] didn't feel so bad, until the good Lord's son went down _
_ _ _ I said I didn't have a soul _ to throw my arms around _
_ _ _ You know it's so hard to love someone that don't love you
[Gm] Don't look like a satisfaction, don't care what you do
It's so hard to love someone that don't love you _
_ _ _ You [D] know love got a satisfaction, _ don't [G] care what you do _
_ _ _ You know love has a heart, [Bb] make you do things [G] you don't want to do
Love sometimes, leave you feelin' sad and blue
[Eb] Love has a [C] heart, make you [G] do things you don't want to do
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Love [C] sometimes, [G] _ leave you feelin' sad and blue _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Gm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
I got [Gm] a letter this morning, [G] how do you reckon it read?
Say hurry, hurry the gal, your love is dead
I got a letter this morning, [D] how do you [G] reckon it read? _ _
_ _ [Bm] Oh, it said hurry, [Em] hurry, [C] because that gal, [G] your love is dead _ _
_ You know I ground up my suitcase, [Gm] took her down the road
Oh, when I got [G]
there, [Gm] she layin' on the [Em] coolin' floor
I ground up my [D] suitcase, I said I took her [G] down the road _ _
_ _ I said [G] when I got there, she layin' on the coolin' floor _
_ _ You know [Gm] I walk up close, [G] _ look down and I freeze
It's a good old girl, got to lay her in a judgment [E] bed
I said I walk up close, [G] I said I look down and I freeze _
_ _ _ I [D] said it's a good old [G] girl, got to lay her in a judgment bed _
_ _ _ You know [Gm] I looked like ten [G] thousand people, [Gm] was standin' [G] round the burying ground
[F] I didn't know I loved her, [Gm] until I laid her down
Looked like ten thousand, _ _ standin' round the burying ground
_ _ _ [D] You know I didn't know I didn't [C] love her, until I [G] began to lay her down _
_ _ _ You know [B] I didn't feel so bad, [G] until the good Lord's son went down
I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around
I [C] didn't feel so bad, until the good Lord's son went down _
_ _ _ I said I didn't have a soul _ to throw my arms around _
_ _ _ You know it's so hard to love someone that don't love you
[Gm] Don't look like a satisfaction, don't care what you do
It's so hard to love someone that don't love you _
_ _ _ You [D] know love got a satisfaction, _ don't [G] care what you do _
_ _ _ You know love has a heart, [Bb] make you do things [G] you don't want to do
Love sometimes, leave you feelin' sad and blue
[Eb] Love has a [C] heart, make you [G] do things you don't want to do
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Love [C] sometimes, [G] _ leave you feelin' sad and blue _
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