Letters From The Wasteland Chords by The Wallflowers
Tempo:
115.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Bm
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D] [A]
[Bm] [G] [Bm] [C#m]
[Bm] [G] [A]
[Bm] [G] [Bm] [A]
[Bm] [G] Now come in [D] and out of [B] this swamp and [G] dive to [D] your maw.
[Bm] [G] I make [D] no sounds [A]
when I [B] move through [G] your [D] reservoir.
[C#m]
[B] But I wake up [G] quick,
[B] I wake up [G] sick,
[Bm] as you [G] abandon [D] me [B]
into [G] these fields [A] of rank [Bm] and file.
Through this [A] crowd I [G] heave [D]
again,
[Bm] through these [A] bars I [G] watch them [D] bring more [E] in.
[F#]
Now [D] I send back the letters [F#m] from the wasteland [G] home.
[D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
And [Em] it's a good time, but [F#] boy, [F#m] I just want to [A] let go.
I just want to [B] go [G] home.
[D] [Bm] [G]
[D] [F#] Now boy, [D] keep still, [C#m] not [B] gonna spread [G] yourself [D] around.
[A] [Bm] Now [G] getting back [D] in the line [C#m] ain't your [Bm] bread, [G] just work [D] the plow.
[C#m] [B] Cause all I [G] do, [B] they're not done with [G] you.
Now boy, [B] did you [G] ever think [D] you were [E] the [G] only one [A] that's been let [Bm] down?
So sleep [A] tight little [G] boys, [D] I've been there for [B] you.
[A] Never drop in [G] the town with [D] the quakes [Em] in it.
[F#] [D] Now I send back the letters [F#m] from the wasteland [G] home.
[D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
And [Em] it's a good time, but [F#] boy, [F#m] I just want to [A] let go.
And [G] now another [D] bad [Em] idea gets [D]
through.
[G] Tell [D] me, send my [Em] love [A] to you.
[B] You're [E] every bridge I should [B] talk about.
Every [E] lesson I've [Bm]
[Bm] learned.
Women [A] smoke the [G] way [D] you move.
[Bm] [A] Incarcerated, [G] [D] lovesick fools, [Em] I'll wait for you [F#] to cut me loose.
So baby, [D] I send back the [F#m] letters from the [G] wasteland home.
[D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
[D] Now I send back the [F#m] letters from the [G] wasteland home.
From where [D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
[D]
[F#m] [G]
[D]
[F#m] [G] [D]
[Em]
[Bm] [G] [Bm] [C#m]
[Bm] [G] [A]
[Bm] [G] [Bm] [A]
[Bm] [G] Now come in [D] and out of [B] this swamp and [G] dive to [D] your maw.
[Bm] [G] I make [D] no sounds [A]
when I [B] move through [G] your [D] reservoir.
[C#m]
[B] But I wake up [G] quick,
[B] I wake up [G] sick,
[Bm] as you [G] abandon [D] me [B]
into [G] these fields [A] of rank [Bm] and file.
Through this [A] crowd I [G] heave [D]
again,
[Bm] through these [A] bars I [G] watch them [D] bring more [E] in.
[F#]
Now [D] I send back the letters [F#m] from the wasteland [G] home.
[D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
And [Em] it's a good time, but [F#] boy, [F#m] I just want to [A] let go.
I just want to [B] go [G] home.
[D] [Bm] [G]
[D] [F#] Now boy, [D] keep still, [C#m] not [B] gonna spread [G] yourself [D] around.
[A] [Bm] Now [G] getting back [D] in the line [C#m] ain't your [Bm] bread, [G] just work [D] the plow.
[C#m] [B] Cause all I [G] do, [B] they're not done with [G] you.
Now boy, [B] did you [G] ever think [D] you were [E] the [G] only one [A] that's been let [Bm] down?
So sleep [A] tight little [G] boys, [D] I've been there for [B] you.
[A] Never drop in [G] the town with [D] the quakes [Em] in it.
[F#] [D] Now I send back the letters [F#m] from the wasteland [G] home.
[D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
And [Em] it's a good time, but [F#] boy, [F#m] I just want to [A] let go.
And [G] now another [D] bad [Em] idea gets [D]
through.
[G] Tell [D] me, send my [Em] love [A] to you.
[B] You're [E] every bridge I should [B] talk about.
Every [E] lesson I've [Bm]
[Bm] learned.
Women [A] smoke the [G] way [D] you move.
[Bm] [A] Incarcerated, [G] [D] lovesick fools, [Em] I'll wait for you [F#] to cut me loose.
So baby, [D] I send back the [F#m] letters from the [G] wasteland home.
[D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
[D] Now I send back the [F#m] letters from the [G] wasteland home.
From where [D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
[D]
[F#m] [G]
[D]
[F#m] [G] [D]
[Em]
Key:
G
D
Bm
A
B
G
D
Bm
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bm] _ [G] Now come in [D] and out of [B] this swamp and [G] dive to [D] your maw. _
_ [Bm] _ [G] I make [D] no sounds [A]
when I [B] move through [G] your [D] reservoir.
_ [C#m] _
_ [B] _ But I wake up [G] quick, _ _
_ [B] _ I wake up [G] sick, _ _
[Bm] as you _ [G] abandon [D] me [B]
into [G] these fields [A] of rank [Bm] and file. _
Through this [A] crowd I [G] heave [D]
again,
[Bm] through these [A] bars I [G] watch them [D] bring more [E] in.
_ _ [F#] _ _
Now [D] I send back the letters [F#m] from the wasteland [G] home. _ _ _ _ _
[D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
_ And [Em] it's a good time, but [F#] boy, [F#m] I just want to [A] let go. _
_ I just want to [B] go [G] home.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] Now boy, [D] keep still, [C#m] not [B] gonna spread [G] yourself _ [D] around.
[A] _ _ [Bm] Now [G] getting back [D] in the line [C#m] ain't your [Bm] bread, [G] just work [D] the plow.
[C#m] _ _ [B] _ Cause all I [G] do, _ _ [B] they're not done with [G] you.
Now boy, [B] did you [G] ever think [D] you were [E] the [G] only one [A] that's been let [Bm] down?
_ So sleep [A] tight little [G] boys, [D] I've been there for [B] you.
[A] Never drop in [G] the town with [D] the quakes [Em] in it. _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D] Now I send back the letters [F#m] from the wasteland [G] _ home.
_ _ _ _ [D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
And [Em] it's a good time, but [F#] boy, [F#m] I just want to [A] let go. _ _ _ _
And [G] now another [D] bad [Em] idea gets [D]
through.
[G] Tell [D] me, send my [Em] love [A] to you.
[B] You're [E] every bridge I should [B] talk about.
Every [E] lesson I've [Bm] _
[Bm] learned.
Women [A] smoke the [G] way [D] you move.
[Bm] _ _ [A] Incarcerated, [G] _ [D] lovesick fools, [Em] I'll wait for you [F#] to cut me loose.
_ So baby, [D] I send back the [F#m] letters from the [G] wasteland home.
_ _ _ _ [D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
_ _ _ _ [D] Now I send back the [F#m] letters from the [G] wasteland home. _
_ _ From where [D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bm] _ [G] Now come in [D] and out of [B] this swamp and [G] dive to [D] your maw. _
_ [Bm] _ [G] I make [D] no sounds [A]
when I [B] move through [G] your [D] reservoir.
_ [C#m] _
_ [B] _ But I wake up [G] quick, _ _
_ [B] _ I wake up [G] sick, _ _
[Bm] as you _ [G] abandon [D] me [B]
into [G] these fields [A] of rank [Bm] and file. _
Through this [A] crowd I [G] heave [D]
again,
[Bm] through these [A] bars I [G] watch them [D] bring more [E] in.
_ _ [F#] _ _
Now [D] I send back the letters [F#m] from the wasteland [G] home. _ _ _ _ _
[D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
_ And [Em] it's a good time, but [F#] boy, [F#m] I just want to [A] let go. _
_ I just want to [B] go [G] home.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] Now boy, [D] keep still, [C#m] not [B] gonna spread [G] yourself _ [D] around.
[A] _ _ [Bm] Now [G] getting back [D] in the line [C#m] ain't your [Bm] bread, [G] just work [D] the plow.
[C#m] _ _ [B] _ Cause all I [G] do, _ _ [B] they're not done with [G] you.
Now boy, [B] did you [G] ever think [D] you were [E] the [G] only one [A] that's been let [Bm] down?
_ So sleep [A] tight little [G] boys, [D] I've been there for [B] you.
[A] Never drop in [G] the town with [D] the quakes [Em] in it. _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D] Now I send back the letters [F#m] from the wasteland [G] _ home.
_ _ _ _ [D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
And [Em] it's a good time, but [F#] boy, [F#m] I just want to [A] let go. _ _ _ _
And [G] now another [D] bad [Em] idea gets [D]
through.
[G] Tell [D] me, send my [Em] love [A] to you.
[B] You're [E] every bridge I should [B] talk about.
Every [E] lesson I've [Bm] _
[Bm] learned.
Women [A] smoke the [G] way [D] you move.
[Bm] _ _ [A] Incarcerated, [G] _ [D] lovesick fools, [Em] I'll wait for you [F#] to cut me loose.
_ So baby, [D] I send back the [F#m] letters from the [G] wasteland home.
_ _ _ _ [D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
_ _ _ _ [D] Now I send back the [F#m] letters from the [G] wasteland home. _
_ _ From where [D] I slow dance to [F#m] this romance on [G] my own.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _