Box Tops - The Letter Chords & Tabs

 

The Letter Chords & Tabs

Box Tops Chords & Tabs

Version: 3 Type: Chords

The Letter Chords

   
Finger picking in 4/4 Time                

Intro: 
Em7 x 4 measures

(1)
Em                      C
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
D                        Em
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Em                    C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
   D                    Em 
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.

(2)
Em                            C
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
D                     Em
Got to get back to my baby once again.
Em                   C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
   D                    Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/box_tops/the_letter_crd_ver_3.html ]
Chorus:
          G          D
Well, she wrote me a letter, 
         C        G        D                        
Said she couldn't live without me no more...   C! D! (single strum each)

G               D               C          G          D
Please, Mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more... 
B7
Anyway...


Repeat Verse (1) & End:

Em                      C
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
D                        Em
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Em                    C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
      D                 Em 
My Baby, she wrote me a letter, 
      B7                Em 
My Baby, she wrote me a letter
      B7                Em 
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.

Outro: (1 measure each chord except Em which is a single strum)
Em7, C7, D, Em!