...THE LETTER... by Joe Cocker ----------------.............. *from 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' (1970)* *CAPO 1st FRET* (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 2x0230 020100 x32010 xx0232 323000 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)