Joe Cocker – The Letter (Guitar)

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*from 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' (1970)* (Original Key: Bbm) [Intro] Am [Verse 1]
Am                       F
 Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,

Am                   D7
 I ain't got time to take no fast train.

Am              G             D/F#        F    E7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter. [Break] Am C D, C (x2) [Verse 2]
Am                       F
 I don't care how much I got to spend,

        Am              D7
I won't find my way, my way back home again.

Am              G             D/F#        F    E7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter. [Break] Am C D, C (x2) [Chorus 1]
          C          G
Well, she wrote me a letter,

      F            C          G              G7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.

C             G
 Listen to me Mister;

          F               C
Can't you see I've got to get back,

      G                E7 (n.C)
To my baby once more... anyway?
[Verse 3]
Am                       F
 I don't care how much I got to spend,

        Am              D7
I won't find my way, my way back home again.

Am              G             D/F#        F    E7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter. [Break] Am C D, C (x2) [Solo] Am F, Am D7, Am G, D/F# F E7 [Break] Am C D, C (x2) [Solo] Am F, Am D7, Am G, D/F# F E7 [Break] Am C D, C (x2) [Chorus 2]
          C          G
Well, she wrote me a letter,

      F            C          G              G7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.

C             G
 Listen to me Mister;

          F               C
Can't you see I've got to get back,

      G                E7 (n.C)
To my baby once more... anyway?
[Verse 4]
Am                       F
 Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,

Am                   D7
 I ain't got time to take no fast train.

Am              G             D/F#        F    E7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me that letter. [Break] Am C D, C (x2) [Coda]
Am        D7                 Am      D7
 (My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter.

Am       D7                 Am      D7
 My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter).
(Repeat) [Outro] Am C D, C (x3), Am CHORD DIAGRAMS: ---------------
   Am      F       D7      G      D/F#     E7      C       D       G7
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
x02210 133211 xx0212 320003 2x0232 020100 x32010 xx0232 323000 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])