A Dear John Letter Chords by Virginia Lee
Tempo:
115.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m] [Bm] [D]
[G] [A]
[D] Dear John, oh how [A] I hate to write.
Dear John, I must let you know
[D]
That my love for you has died
Away [G] like ground on the wall
[A] And tonight I wed another
[D] Dear John, dear John
I was overseas in battle
[A] When the postman came to me
He handed me a letter
And I was just as happy as I could be
Because [D] the fighting was all over
And the battles had all been won
But then [F#]
I [G] opened up the letter
And it started, Dear [A] John
[D] Dear John, dear John
Won't you please send back my [A] picture?
My husband wants it now
When I tell you who I'm weddin'
[E]
[A] You won't care, dear, [D] anyhow
And it hurts me so to tell you
That my love for you has gone
[G]
Tonight I wed your [Bm] brother, [A] dear John
Tonight I wed another, [D] dear [F#m] John
[Bm] [A] [F#] [D#] [D]
[D]
[G] [A]
[D] Dear John, oh how [A] I hate to write.
Dear John, I must let you know
[D]
That my love for you has died
Away [G] like ground on the wall
[A] And tonight I wed another
[D] Dear John, dear John
I was overseas in battle
[A] When the postman came to me
He handed me a letter
And I was just as happy as I could be
Because [D] the fighting was all over
And the battles had all been won
But then [F#]
I [G] opened up the letter
And it started, Dear [A] John
[D] Dear John, dear John
Won't you please send back my [A] picture?
My husband wants it now
When I tell you who I'm weddin'
[E]
[A] You won't care, dear, [D] anyhow
And it hurts me so to tell you
That my love for you has gone
[G]
Tonight I wed your [Bm] brother, [A] dear John
Tonight I wed another, [D] dear [F#m] John
[Bm] [A] [F#] [D#] [D]
[D]
Key:
D
A
G
Bm
F#m
D
A
G
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] Dear _ John, _ oh how [A] I hate to write. _ _
Dear John, _ _ _ I must let you know
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ That my love for you has died
Away [G] like ground _ on the wall
_ [A] And tonight I wed another
[D] Dear John, _ _ _ _ dear _ John
I was overseas in battle
[A] When the postman came to me
_ He handed me a letter
And I was just as happy as I could be
_ _ Because [D] the fighting was all over
_ And the battles had all been won
_ _ _ But then [F#]
I [G] opened up the letter
_ And it started, Dear [A] John _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Dear John, _ _ _ _ dear _ John
Won't you please send back my [A] picture?
_ My husband wants it now
_ When I tell you who I'm weddin'
_ [E] _
[A] You won't care, dear, _ [D] anyhow _
_ _ And it hurts me so to tell you
That my love for you has gone
_ [G] _ _
Tonight I wed your [Bm] brother, _ [A] dear John
Tonight I wed another, _ [D] dear [F#m] John
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] Dear _ John, _ oh how [A] I hate to write. _ _
Dear John, _ _ _ I must let you know
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ That my love for you has died
Away [G] like ground _ on the wall
_ [A] And tonight I wed another
[D] Dear John, _ _ _ _ dear _ John
I was overseas in battle
[A] When the postman came to me
_ He handed me a letter
And I was just as happy as I could be
_ _ Because [D] the fighting was all over
_ And the battles had all been won
_ _ _ But then [F#]
I [G] opened up the letter
_ And it started, Dear [A] John _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Dear John, _ _ _ _ dear _ John
Won't you please send back my [A] picture?
_ My husband wants it now
_ When I tell you who I'm weddin'
_ [E] _
[A] You won't care, dear, _ [D] anyhow _
_ _ And it hurts me so to tell you
That my love for you has gone
_ [G] _ _
Tonight I wed your [Bm] brother, _ [A] dear John
Tonight I wed another, _ [D] dear [F#m] John
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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