Six Page Letter Chords by John Lee Hooker
Tempo:
144.5 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
F
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[A] [F]
[G]
[C]
[G] She [A] don't write [G] me.
[C] She don't call me.
Only phone.
[B]
[G] [A] No, [E] no.
[G] No, no.
[C] I wrote a six page letter [G]
[Am] to my baby.
[G] [F]
[G] I could hear [C] from my baby.
I [B] started talking [G] to my baby.
[Am]
She started [G] talking, talking [F] about the [G] weather.
[C] Yeah, yeah.
Talking, talking about
[Am] the weather, weather.
[G]
[F] That ain't [G] right.
[Am] [G]
[Dm] [C]
[F] [C] Now baby, now baby.
[G]
My [Am] love, my love.
[G] [C]
[F] [C] So deep, so deep.
[G]
For [Am] you, you, you, you, you.
[D]
[G] [C]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am]
[G]
[Cm] [Am] [C] Yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[C] I wonder why.
[G]
[C]
You, you, [E] you.
[Am] Don't hug and kiss me sometimes.
[G]
[F] When I'm talking to [G] you, you, you.
[C]
[D] You're all around [C]
me.
Yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[G]
[F]
[G] Now [C] it's [Dm] [C]
all over, it's all over.
[G] [C]
Let's try, try, try to [Am] be friends.
[G] It's all over.
[F]
[C]
[G] I lost you, I lost you [C] to [D] my [C] best friend.
[Am] [C] [D]
I know it's all [C] over, all over, all over, baby.
[F]
Can we try [C] to be friends?
[F]
[C] [F]
[C] Yeah.
[G]
[C] [G] I can't [Am] forget that night [Em] I [F] took her to [C] a party.
[G]
[C] I met my best friend there.
She danced, danced all night [Am]
long with my friend.
[G]
[F]
[C] [G]
[C]
I went home [F] [C]
alone.
[Dm] [C]
I left her with [Bm] my [Am] friend.
[G]
I tried [F] to talk to her.
[C] She started [G] talking about the weather.
[C] She knows, she knows, you know, [Dm] [C]
that wasn't right.
[E]
[Am]
[C] I [B] lost [Am] her [F] to [C] [G] my [C] best friend.
[Am] [C]
Losing you, losing you, losing you [B]
to my, [Am] my, my best [G] friend.
[Am] [F]
Oh, [G]
[C] it hurts so bad.
[N]
[A] [F]
[G]
[C]
[G] She [A] don't write [G] me.
[C] She don't call me.
Only phone.
[B]
[G] [A] No, [E] no.
[G] No, no.
[C] I wrote a six page letter [G]
[Am] to my baby.
[G] [F]
[G] I could hear [C] from my baby.
I [B] started talking [G] to my baby.
[Am]
She started [G] talking, talking [F] about the [G] weather.
[C] Yeah, yeah.
Talking, talking about
[Am] the weather, weather.
[G]
[F] That ain't [G] right.
[Am] [G]
[Dm] [C]
[F] [C] Now baby, now baby.
[G]
My [Am] love, my love.
[G] [C]
[F] [C] So deep, so deep.
[G]
For [Am] you, you, you, you, you.
[D]
[G] [C]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Am]
[G]
[Cm] [Am] [C] Yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[C] I wonder why.
[G]
[C]
You, you, [E] you.
[Am] Don't hug and kiss me sometimes.
[G]
[F] When I'm talking to [G] you, you, you.
[C]
[D] You're all around [C]
me.
Yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[G]
[F]
[G] Now [C] it's [Dm] [C]
all over, it's all over.
[G] [C]
Let's try, try, try to [Am] be friends.
[G] It's all over.
[F]
[C]
[G] I lost you, I lost you [C] to [D] my [C] best friend.
[Am] [C] [D]
I know it's all [C] over, all over, all over, baby.
[F]
Can we try [C] to be friends?
[F]
[C] [F]
[C] Yeah.
[G]
[C] [G] I can't [Am] forget that night [Em] I [F] took her to [C] a party.
[G]
[C] I met my best friend there.
She danced, danced all night [Am]
long with my friend.
[G]
[F]
[C] [G]
[C]
I went home [F] [C]
alone.
[Dm] [C]
I left her with [Bm] my [Am] friend.
[G]
I tried [F] to talk to her.
[C] She started [G] talking about the weather.
[C] She knows, she knows, you know, [Dm] [C]
that wasn't right.
[E]
[Am]
[C] I [B] lost [Am] her [F] to [C] [G] my [C] best friend.
[Am] [C]
Losing you, losing you, losing you [B]
to my, [Am] my, my best [G] friend.
[Am] [F]
Oh, [G]
[C] it hurts so bad.
[N]
Key:
C
G
Am
F
B
C
G
Am
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] She _ [A] _ _ _ don't write [G] _ me. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ She don't call _ me. _
_ _ Only phone. _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[G] _ [A] _ No, [E] no. _
[G] No, no. _ _
[C] _ _ I wrote _ a six page letter [G] _
_ [Am] to _ _ _ _ _ my baby. _
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] I could hear _ _ [C] from _ _ _ _ my baby. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I [B] started talking [G] to my baby.
[Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ She started [G] talking, talking [F] _ about the [G] weather. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ Yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _
Talking, talking _ _ _ _ about _ _ _
_ _ [Am] the weather, weather.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] That ain't [G] right.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ Now baby, now _ baby. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _
My [Am] love, my _ love. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[F] _ [C] So deep, so deep.
_ _ _ [G] _
For [Am] you, you, you, you, you.
[D] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, _ yeah. _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] Yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, _ _ yeah.
[C] _ _ _ _ I wonder why.
_ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You, you, [E] you. _
[Am] _ Don't hug and kiss me sometimes.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ When I'm talking to [G] you, you, you. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] You're all around [C] _
me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [G] Now _ _ [C] it's _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _
all over, it's all over. _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
Let's try, try, try _ to _ [Am] be friends.
_ _ _ [G] It's all over.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] I lost you, I lost you _ [C] to _ [D] _ my [C] best friend.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
I know it's all [C] over, all over, all over, baby.
_ [F] _ _ _
Can we try _ _ _ [C] to _ be friends?
_ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ Yeah.
_ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [G] I can't [Am] forget _ that _ _ _ night _ [Em] I [F] _ took her to [C] a party.
_ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ I met my best friend there. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ She danced, danced all night [Am] _
long _ _ with my friend.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ I went home [F] _ [C]
alone.
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ I left her _ with [Bm] _ my [Am] friend.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ I tried [F] to talk to her.
_ _ _ [C] She started [G] talking about the weather. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ She knows, she knows, you know, [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
that wasn't right.
[E] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] I _ [B] lost [Am] her _ [F] _ to [C] _ _ _ _ [G] my [C] best friend. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
Losing you, losing you, losing _ you _ _ _ [B] _
to my, [Am] my, my _ best _ [G] friend. _ _
[Am] _ [F] _ _ _ _
Oh, [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ it hurts so bad. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] She _ [A] _ _ _ don't write [G] _ me. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ She don't call _ me. _
_ _ Only phone. _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[G] _ [A] _ No, [E] no. _
[G] No, no. _ _
[C] _ _ I wrote _ a six page letter [G] _
_ [Am] to _ _ _ _ _ my baby. _
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] I could hear _ _ [C] from _ _ _ _ my baby. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I [B] started talking [G] to my baby.
[Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ She started [G] talking, talking [F] _ about the [G] weather. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ Yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _
Talking, talking _ _ _ _ about _ _ _
_ _ [Am] the weather, weather.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] That ain't [G] right.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ Now baby, now _ baby. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _
My [Am] love, my _ love. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[F] _ [C] So deep, so deep.
_ _ _ [G] _
For [Am] you, you, you, you, you.
[D] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Yeah, yeah, yeah, _ yeah. _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] Yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, _ _ yeah.
[C] _ _ _ _ I wonder why.
_ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You, you, [E] you. _
[Am] _ Don't hug and kiss me sometimes.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ When I'm talking to [G] you, you, you. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] You're all around [C] _
me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [G] Now _ _ [C] it's _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _
all over, it's all over. _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
Let's try, try, try _ to _ [Am] be friends.
_ _ _ [G] It's all over.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] I lost you, I lost you _ [C] to _ [D] _ my [C] best friend.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
I know it's all [C] over, all over, all over, baby.
_ [F] _ _ _
Can we try _ _ _ [C] to _ be friends?
_ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ Yeah.
_ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [G] I can't [Am] forget _ that _ _ _ night _ [Em] I [F] _ took her to [C] a party.
_ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ I met my best friend there. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ She danced, danced all night [Am] _
long _ _ with my friend.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ I went home [F] _ [C]
alone.
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ I left her _ with [Bm] _ my [Am] friend.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ I tried [F] to talk to her.
_ _ _ [C] She started [G] talking about the weather. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ She knows, she knows, you know, [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
that wasn't right.
[E] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] I _ [B] lost [Am] her _ [F] _ to [C] _ _ _ _ [G] my [C] best friend. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
Losing you, losing you, losing _ you _ _ _ [B] _
to my, [Am] my, my _ best _ [G] friend. _ _
[Am] _ [F] _ _ _ _
Oh, [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ it hurts so bad. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _