Chords for Death Letter Blues
Tempo:
116.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
Gm
D
C
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I got a [Gm] letter this morning, how do you ring it red?
You said, hurry, can you love his dead?
I [G] got a letter this morning, how do you ring it red?
[D] You just said, hurry, [G] hurry, I called again, [G] you love his dead.
So [Gm] I grabbed up my suitcase, took her down the road.
When I got there, she was laying on the cooling [G] board.
I grabbed up my suitcase, I said, I took her down the road.
I [D] said, but when I got [G] there, she was laying on the cooling board.
Well, I [Gm] walked up right close, looked down in her face,
said, good old girl, I got a day, a judgment [G] day.
I walked up right close, I said, I looked down in her face.
[D] I said, good old [G] girl, I got a day, a judgment day.
There was [Gm] ten thousand people standing around the burying ground.
I didn't know I loved her.
I took the letter [G] down, looked back ten thousand,
standing around the burying ground.
[D] I didn't [G] know I loved her until I began to let her down.
Well, [Gm] I fooled up, Mom.
I slowly walked away.
I said, farewell, honey, I'll see you [G] judgment day.
Yes, oh yes, I walked away.
[D] I said, farewell, [G] farewell, I'll see you judgment day.
You know, [Gm] I didn't feel so bad until a good old sun went down.
I didn't have a soul, just all my arms [G] around.
I didn't feel so bad until a good old sun went down.
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
You know it's [Gm] so hard to love someone who don't love you.
Ain't satisfaction don't count.
What you [G] do, yeah, it's so hard to love someone who don't love you.
[D] You know, it look like it ain't [G] satisfaction.
Don't count what you do.
Well, I [Gm] got up this morning, break of day, just hugging the pillow.
She used to lay her [G] eyes there soon this morning.
Yeah, this is a break of day.
You [D] know I was hugging the pillow [C] from a [G] good gal who used to lay there.
[Gm] Mmm, I got up this morning feeling right for my shoes.
You know I must have been walking [G] blues soon this morning.
I'm feeling right for my shoes.
[D] Yeah, I know about [G] that.
I must have been walking blues.
Oh, [Gm]
I thought I heard her call my name.
It wasn't so loud, so nice and plain.
[G]
Yeah, mmm, [D] mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
[Gm]
You said, hurry, can you love his dead?
I [G] got a letter this morning, how do you ring it red?
[D] You just said, hurry, [G] hurry, I called again, [G] you love his dead.
So [Gm] I grabbed up my suitcase, took her down the road.
When I got there, she was laying on the cooling [G] board.
I grabbed up my suitcase, I said, I took her down the road.
I [D] said, but when I got [G] there, she was laying on the cooling board.
Well, I [Gm] walked up right close, looked down in her face,
said, good old girl, I got a day, a judgment [G] day.
I walked up right close, I said, I looked down in her face.
[D] I said, good old [G] girl, I got a day, a judgment day.
There was [Gm] ten thousand people standing around the burying ground.
I didn't know I loved her.
I took the letter [G] down, looked back ten thousand,
standing around the burying ground.
[D] I didn't [G] know I loved her until I began to let her down.
Well, [Gm] I fooled up, Mom.
I slowly walked away.
I said, farewell, honey, I'll see you [G] judgment day.
Yes, oh yes, I walked away.
[D] I said, farewell, [G] farewell, I'll see you judgment day.
You know, [Gm] I didn't feel so bad until a good old sun went down.
I didn't have a soul, just all my arms [G] around.
I didn't feel so bad until a good old sun went down.
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
You know it's [Gm] so hard to love someone who don't love you.
Ain't satisfaction don't count.
What you [G] do, yeah, it's so hard to love someone who don't love you.
[D] You know, it look like it ain't [G] satisfaction.
Don't count what you do.
Well, I [Gm] got up this morning, break of day, just hugging the pillow.
She used to lay her [G] eyes there soon this morning.
Yeah, this is a break of day.
You [D] know I was hugging the pillow [C] from a [G] good gal who used to lay there.
[Gm] Mmm, I got up this morning feeling right for my shoes.
You know I must have been walking [G] blues soon this morning.
I'm feeling right for my shoes.
[D] Yeah, I know about [G] that.
I must have been walking blues.
Oh, [Gm]
I thought I heard her call my name.
It wasn't so loud, so nice and plain.
[G]
Yeah, mmm, [D] mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
[Gm]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I got a [Gm] letter this morning, how do you ring it red? _ _
You said, hurry, can you love his dead?
I [G] got a letter this morning, _ how do you ring it red?
_ _ _ _ _ [D] You just said, hurry, [G] hurry, I called again, [G] you love his dead.
_ _ _ _ So [Gm] I grabbed up my suitcase, took her down the road.
When I got there, she was laying on the cooling [G] board.
I grabbed up my suitcase, I said, I took her down the road.
_ _ _ _ I [D] said, but when I got [G] there, _ she was laying on the cooling board.
_ _ _ _ _ Well, I [Gm] walked up right close, _ looked down in her face,
said, good old girl, I got a day, a judgment [G] day.
I walked up right close, I said, I looked down in her face.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] I said, good old [G] girl, I got a day, a judgment day.
_ _ _ _ There was [Gm] ten thousand people standing around the burying ground.
I didn't know I loved her.
I took the letter [G] down, looked back ten thousand,
_ standing around the burying ground.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] I didn't [G] know I loved her until I began to let her down.
_ _ _ _ Well, [Gm] I fooled up, Mom.
_ I slowly walked away.
I said, farewell, honey, _ I'll see you [G] judgment day.
Yes, _ _ oh yes, I walked away.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] I said, farewell, [G] farewell, _ I'll see you judgment day.
_ You _ _ know, [Gm] I didn't feel so bad until a good old sun went down.
I didn't have a soul, just all my arms [G] around.
I didn't feel so bad until a good old sun went down.
_ _ _ _ Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm. _
_ _ _ _ _ You know it's [Gm] so hard to love _ someone who don't love you.
Ain't satisfaction don't count.
What you [G] do, yeah, it's so hard to love someone who don't love you.
_ _ _ _ [D] You know, it look like it ain't [G] satisfaction.
_ Don't count what you do.
_ _ _ _ _ Well, I [Gm] got up this _ morning, break of day, just hugging the pillow.
She used to lay her [G] eyes there soon this morning.
Yeah, this is a break of day.
_ _ _ _ You [D] know I was hugging the pillow [C] _ from a [G] good gal who used to lay there.
_ _ _ [Gm] Mmm, I got up this morning feeling right for my shoes.
You know I must have been walking [G] blues _ soon this morning.
I'm feeling right for my shoes.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Yeah, I know about [G] that.
I must have been walking blues.
_ _ _ _ Oh, [Gm]
I _ _ thought I heard her call my name.
It wasn't so loud, so nice and plain.
[G]
Yeah, _ _ _ mmm, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] mmm, _ _ _ [G] _ mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I got a [Gm] letter this morning, how do you ring it red? _ _
You said, hurry, can you love his dead?
I [G] got a letter this morning, _ how do you ring it red?
_ _ _ _ _ [D] You just said, hurry, [G] hurry, I called again, [G] you love his dead.
_ _ _ _ So [Gm] I grabbed up my suitcase, took her down the road.
When I got there, she was laying on the cooling [G] board.
I grabbed up my suitcase, I said, I took her down the road.
_ _ _ _ I [D] said, but when I got [G] there, _ she was laying on the cooling board.
_ _ _ _ _ Well, I [Gm] walked up right close, _ looked down in her face,
said, good old girl, I got a day, a judgment [G] day.
I walked up right close, I said, I looked down in her face.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] I said, good old [G] girl, I got a day, a judgment day.
_ _ _ _ There was [Gm] ten thousand people standing around the burying ground.
I didn't know I loved her.
I took the letter [G] down, looked back ten thousand,
_ standing around the burying ground.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] I didn't [G] know I loved her until I began to let her down.
_ _ _ _ Well, [Gm] I fooled up, Mom.
_ I slowly walked away.
I said, farewell, honey, _ I'll see you [G] judgment day.
Yes, _ _ oh yes, I walked away.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] I said, farewell, [G] farewell, _ I'll see you judgment day.
_ You _ _ know, [Gm] I didn't feel so bad until a good old sun went down.
I didn't have a soul, just all my arms [G] around.
I didn't feel so bad until a good old sun went down.
_ _ _ _ Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm. _
_ _ _ _ _ You know it's [Gm] so hard to love _ someone who don't love you.
Ain't satisfaction don't count.
What you [G] do, yeah, it's so hard to love someone who don't love you.
_ _ _ _ [D] You know, it look like it ain't [G] satisfaction.
_ Don't count what you do.
_ _ _ _ _ Well, I [Gm] got up this _ morning, break of day, just hugging the pillow.
She used to lay her [G] eyes there soon this morning.
Yeah, this is a break of day.
_ _ _ _ You [D] know I was hugging the pillow [C] _ from a [G] good gal who used to lay there.
_ _ _ [Gm] Mmm, I got up this morning feeling right for my shoes.
You know I must have been walking [G] blues _ soon this morning.
I'm feeling right for my shoes.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Yeah, I know about [G] that.
I must have been walking blues.
_ _ _ _ Oh, [Gm]
I _ _ thought I heard her call my name.
It wasn't so loud, so nice and plain.
[G]
Yeah, _ _ _ mmm, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] mmm, _ _ _ [G] _ mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _