Chords for The Boxtops - The Letter - 1967
Tempo:
137.75 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
F
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[E] [Am]
Give me a ticket [F] for an aeroplane
[G]
Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train
[Am]
Lonely days are [F] gone, I'm a-goin' [E] home
Baby, she wrote [Am] me a letter
I don't care how much [F] money I gotta spend
[G]
Got to get back to [D] my baby
[Am]
Lonely days are gone, [Fm] I'm a-goin' home
[E]
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
She
[D] [C] wrote me [G] a letter
[F] Said she [C] couldn't live without me [G] no more
[C] Listen [G] mister, can't you [Dm] see
I got to [C] get back to [G] my baby [Bm] once more
[E] Anyway, [Am] yeah
Give me a ticket [F] for an aeroplane
[G] Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train
[Am] Lonely days are gone, [F]
I'm a-goin' [E] home
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
Baby, she [C] wrote me [G] a letter
[F] Said she couldn't [C] live [G] without me no more
[C]
Listen [G] mister, can't you [Dm] see
I got to [C] get back to my [G]
baby once more [E] Anyway, [Am] yeah
Give me a ticket for [F] an aeroplane
[G]
Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train
[Am] Lonely days are gone, [F] I'm a-goin' home
[E]
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
[E]
Baby, she wrote me a [Am] letter
[C#] [G#] [F#] [C#m] [G#]
[C#]
[G#] [F#] [C#]
[G#] [C#]
[G#] [D#] [C#]
[G#] [C#]
[Cm] [D#m] [C#]
[E] [Am]
Give me a ticket [F] for an aeroplane
[G]
Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train
[Am]
Lonely days are [F] gone, I'm a-goin' [E] home
Baby, she wrote [Am] me a letter
I don't care how much [F] money I gotta spend
[G]
Got to get back to [D] my baby
[Am]
Lonely days are gone, [Fm] I'm a-goin' home
[E]
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
She
[D] [C] wrote me [G] a letter
[F] Said she [C] couldn't live without me [G] no more
[C] Listen [G] mister, can't you [Dm] see
I got to [C] get back to [G] my baby [Bm] once more
[E] Anyway, [Am] yeah
Give me a ticket [F] for an aeroplane
[G] Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train
[Am] Lonely days are gone, [F]
I'm a-goin' [E] home
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
Baby, she [C] wrote me [G] a letter
[F] Said she couldn't [C] live [G] without me no more
[C]
Listen [G] mister, can't you [Dm] see
I got to [C] get back to my [G]
baby once more [E] Anyway, [Am] yeah
Give me a ticket for [F] an aeroplane
[G]
Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train
[Am] Lonely days are gone, [F] I'm a-goin' home
[E]
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
[E]
Baby, she wrote me a [Am] letter
[C#] [G#] [F#] [C#m] [G#]
[C#]
[G#] [F#] [C#]
[G#] [C#]
[G#] [D#] [C#]
[G#] [C#]
[Cm] [D#m] [C#]
Key:
Am
G
F
E
C
Am
G
F
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am]
Give me a ticket [F] for an aeroplane
_ [G]
Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train
[Am]
Lonely days are [F] gone, I'm a-goin' [E] home
Baby, she wrote [Am] me a letter
I don't care how much [F] money I gotta spend
_ [G]
Got to get back to [D] my baby
_ _ [Am]
Lonely days are gone, [Fm] I'm a-goin' home
[E]
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
She _
_ _ [D] _ [C] wrote me [G] a letter
[F] Said she [C] couldn't live without me [G] no more
_ _ _ [C] Listen [G] mister, can't you [Dm] see
I got to [C] get back to [G] my baby [Bm] once more
[E] _ Anyway, [Am] yeah
Give me a ticket [F] for an aeroplane
_ [G] Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train
[Am] Lonely days are gone, [F]
I'm a-goin' [E] home
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
_ _ _ _ Baby, she [C] wrote me [G] a letter
[F] Said she couldn't [C] live [G] without me no more
_ _ _ [C]
Listen [G] mister, can't you [Dm] see
I got to [C] get back to my [G]
baby once more [E] _ Anyway, [Am] yeah
Give me a ticket for [F] an aeroplane
_ [G]
Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train _
[Am] Lonely days are gone, [F] I'm a-goin' home
[E]
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
_ _ [E]
Baby, she wrote me a [Am] letter
_ _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am]
Give me a ticket [F] for an aeroplane
_ [G]
Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train
[Am]
Lonely days are [F] gone, I'm a-goin' [E] home
Baby, she wrote [Am] me a letter
I don't care how much [F] money I gotta spend
_ [G]
Got to get back to [D] my baby
_ _ [Am]
Lonely days are gone, [Fm] I'm a-goin' home
[E]
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
She _
_ _ [D] _ [C] wrote me [G] a letter
[F] Said she [C] couldn't live without me [G] no more
_ _ _ [C] Listen [G] mister, can't you [Dm] see
I got to [C] get back to [G] my baby [Bm] once more
[E] _ Anyway, [Am] yeah
Give me a ticket [F] for an aeroplane
_ [G] Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train
[Am] Lonely days are gone, [F]
I'm a-goin' [E] home
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
_ _ _ _ Baby, she [C] wrote me [G] a letter
[F] Said she couldn't [C] live [G] without me no more
_ _ _ [C]
Listen [G] mister, can't you [Dm] see
I got to [C] get back to my [G]
baby once more [E] _ Anyway, [Am] yeah
Give me a ticket for [F] an aeroplane
_ [G]
Ain't got time to [D] take a fast train _
[Am] Lonely days are gone, [F] I'm a-goin' home
[E]
Baby, she wrote me [Am] a letter
_ _ [E]
Baby, she wrote me a [Am] letter
_ _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _