The Letter - The Box Tops
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Tuning: Am, E A D G B E
The Letter chords
The Box Tops 1967 (Wayne Carson Thompson)*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Letter_(Box_Tops_song)
Gimme a ticket
for an air o
plane,
Ain't got time
to take a fas
t train.
Lonely days ar
e gone, I'm a-
goin' home,
'Cause my baby
just a-wrote
me a letter.
I don't care h
ow much money
I gotta spend,
Got to get bac
k to my baby a
gain
Lonely days ar
e gone, I'm a-
goin' home,
'Cause my baby
just a-wrote
me a letter.
Well, she wrot
e me a letter
Said she could
n't live witho
ut me no mo'.
Listen mister
can't you see
I got to get b
ack
To my baby onc
e a-mo'--anywa
y...
Gimme a ticket
for an air o
plane,
Ain't got time
to take a fas
t train.
Lonely days ar
e gone, I'm a-
goin' home,
'Cause my baby
just a-wrote
me a letter.
Well, she wrot
e me a letter
Said she could
n't live witho
ut me no mo'.
Listen mister
can't you see
I got to get b
ack
To my baby onc
e a-mo'--anywa
y...
Gimme a ticket
for an air o
plane,
Ain't got time
to take a fas
t train.
Lonely days ar
e gone, I'm a-
goin' home,
'Cause my baby
just a-wrote
me a letter.
Because my bab
y just a-wrote
me a letter.
.......
* Alternates:
Capo III
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