Letter From America Chords by The Proclaimers

Tempo:
113.1 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Am

Dm

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Proclaimers - Letter from America chords
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[G] [Am] [G]
[C] [G] [Am] [G]
[C] [G] [Am] [G]
[C] [G] [Am] [G]
[C] When you throw, will you send back [Dm] a [G] letter [C] from America?
Take a look up the rail track [Dm] from [G] Miami [C] to Canada.
[F] You'll come by my wheelhouse the other [Am] day, spend the evening thinking about all the blood that's been blown [F] away.
You've probably seen who she is, into the second chair.
[Am] I wonder how it got on [Em] with Lisa [F] Thomas' blood.
[G] [C] When you go, will you send back [Dm] a letter [G] [C] from America?
Take a look up the rail track [Dm] from [G] Miami [C] to Canada.
[F] I've had a delusional year, tried hard to imagine [Am] the way I felt the day I saw her.
Westeros, the Nova [F] Scotia, we should all hail you.
We should all slow [Am] down, but you know our sense of timing.
[Em] We [F] always wait too [Dm] long.
[G] [C] When you throw, will you send back [Dm] a letter [G]
[C] from America?
Take a look up the rail track [Dm] from [G] Miami to [C] Canada.
[Am] [G]
[Am] [G] [Am] [G]
[Am] [G] [C] I want to burn [G] no more, [A] sun the land [G] no [C] more, the blue [G] sky no more, [A] sky [G] no more.
[C] I want to burn [G] no more, [Am] sun the land [G] no more, [C] the blue [G] sky no more, [Am] sky [G] no more.
[C] I want to burn [G] no more, [Am] sun the land [G] no more, [C] the blue [G] sky no more, [Am] sky [G] no [F] more.
I wonder my future, will we ever meet soon?
[Am] To help us take the life back to a dying virtual friend.
To ask you through in our dreams, I think we all clearly have our due.
We have to roll the world [Em] to prove how [F] much it [Dm] hurts.
[G] When [C] you go, will you send back [Dm] a letter [G] from [C] America?
Take a look up the rail track [Dm] from [G] Miami to [C] Canada.
Back [Am] [G] [Am]
[G] [C] it [G] no more, [Am] language [G] no more, [C] metal [G] no more, [Am] urban [G] no more.
[C] Back it no more, [Am] language [G] no more, [C] metal no more, [Am] urban [G] no more.
[C] Back it [G] no more, [Am] language [G] no more, [C] metal no more, [Am] urban [G] no more.
[C] Back it [G] no more, [Am] language [G] no more, [C] metal [G] no more, [C] urban [B] no [Bm] [Am]
more.
[G]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
Dm
2311
F
134211111
G
2131
C
3211
Am
2311
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To learn The Proclaimers - Letter From America chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: C, G, C, G, Am, Dm, G, C, Am and G. A strategic approach would be to train at 57 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 114. Given the song's key of C Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
[C] When you throw, will you send back [Dm] a [G] letter [C] from America?
Take a look up the rail track [Dm] from [G] Miami [C] to Canada. _
[F] You'll come by my _ wheelhouse the other [Am] day, spend the evening thinking about all the blood that's been blown [F] away.
You've probably seen who she is, into the second chair.
[Am] I wonder how it got on [Em] with Lisa [F] Thomas' _ blood.
_ _ [G] _ [C] When you go, will you send back [Dm] a letter [G] _ [C] from America?
Take a _ look up the rail track [Dm] from [G] Miami [C] to Canada.
_ [F] I've had a delusional year, tried hard to imagine [Am] the way I felt the day I saw her.
Westeros, the Nova [F] Scotia, we should all hail you.
We should all slow [Am] down, but you know our sense of timing.
[Em] We [F] always wait too [Dm] long.
_ [G] _ [C] When you throw, will you send back [Dm] a letter [G] _
[C] from America?
_ Take a _ look up the rail track [Dm] from [G] Miami to [C] Canada.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] I want to burn [G] no more, [A] sun the land [G] no [C] more, the blue [G] sky no more, [A] sky [G] no more.
[C] I want to burn [G] no more, [Am] sun the land [G] no more, [C] the blue [G] sky no more, [Am] sky [G] no more.
[C] I want to burn [G] no more, [Am] sun the land [G] no more, [C] the blue [G] sky no more, [Am] sky [G] no [F] more.
I wonder my future, will we ever meet soon?
[Am] To help us take the life back to a dying virtual friend.
To ask you through in our dreams, I think we all clearly have our due.
We have to roll the world [Em] to prove how [F] much it [Dm] hurts. _
[G] When [C] you go, will you send back [Dm] a letter [G] from [C] America?
Take a _ look up the rail track [Dm] from [G] Miami to [C] Canada.
Back [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] it [G] no more, [Am] language [G] no more, [C] metal [G] no more, [Am] urban [G] no more.
[C] Back it no more, [Am] language [G] no more, [C] metal no more, [Am] urban [G] no more.
[C] Back it [G] no more, [Am] language [G] no more, [C] metal no more, [Am] urban [G] no more.
[C] Back it [G] no more, [Am] language [G] no more, [C] metal [G] no more, [C] urban _ [B] no _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _
more.
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Facts about this song

This song, written by Wayne Carson Thompson, is featured on the album The Music and Song of the Great Tapestry of Scotland.

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