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The Letter - Marc Cohn Chords

Chords: F#m, D/F#, C#m, B, Bm, G#7, C#, E, A, C#7

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Genre: adult contemporary, pop, rock


This is a shot at Marc Cohn's version of the Box Top's hit.

He plays it in Gb.

[Intro]
F#m D/F# C#m B

[Verse]
F#m D/F#
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
C#m Bm B
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
F#m Bm
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
G#7 C# F#m
My baby just wrote me a letter.

[Verse]
F#m D/F#
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
E B
Got to get back to my baby again
F#m D/F# F#m
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
G#7 C# F#m
My baby wrote me a letter.

[Chorus]
A E
Well, she wrote me a letter
Bm F#m E
Said she couldn't live without me no mo'.
A E Bm F#m
Listen mister can't you see I got to get back
E C# C#7
To my baby once a-mo'--anyway...

[Verse]
F#m D/F#
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
C#m Bm B
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
F#m Bm
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
G#m C# F#m
My baby just wrote me a letter.
D
G#7 C# F#m
My baby just wrote me a letter.

[Solo]
F
F
D/F
G

[Chorus]
A E
Well, she wrote me a letter

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