Joe Cocker – The Letter (Ukulele)

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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