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            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:
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   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 () 
        

We also have 17 songs by Joe Cocker

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• Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood
• Feeling Alright
• First We Take Manhattan
• Lets Go Get Stoned
• My Fathers Son
• Noubliez Jamais
• She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
• Something
• Summer In The City
• The Letter
• Unchain My Heart
• Up Where We Belong
• With A Little Help From My Friends
• You Are So Beautiful
• You Can Leave Your Hat On

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