Key: :[Eb] (w: Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott)
INTRO:
[Eb] Return to
[Cm] sender,
[Ab] return to
[Bb] sender
VERSE 1:
[Eb] I gave a letter to the
[Cm] postman
[Fm] He put in his
[Bb7] sack
[Eb] Bright and early next
[Cm] morning
He
[Fm] brought my
[Bb7] letter
[Eb] back
CHORUS 1:
(She wrote upon it)
[Ab] Return to
[Bb7] sender,
[Ab] address un-
[Bb7]-known
[Ab] No such
[Bb7] number,
[Eb] no such zone
[Eb7]
[Ab] We had a
[Bb7] quarrel,
[Ab] a lovers
[Bb7] spat
[F7] I write I'm sorry but my letter keeps coming
[Bb7] back
VERSE 2:
[Eb] So then I dropped it in the
[Cm] mailbox
[Fm] And sent it Special
[Bb7] D
[Eb] Bright and early next
[Cm] morning
It
[Fm] came right
[Bb7] back to
[Eb] me
CHORUS 2:
(She wrote upon it)
[Ab] Return to
[Bb7] sender,
[Ab] address un-
[Bb7]-known
[Ab] No such
[Bb7] person,
[Eb] no such zone
[Eb7]
[Ab] This time I'm gonna take it myself and
[Eb] put it right in her hand
And
[F7] if it comes back the very next day, then I'll under-
[Bb7]-stand
OUTRO:
(the writing on it)
[Ab] Return to
[Bb7] sender,
[Ab] address un-
[Bb7]-known
[Ab] No such
[Bb7] number,
[Eb] no such zone
[Ab] Return to
[Bb7] sender,
[Ab] Return to
[Bb7] sender,
[Ab] Return to
[Bb7] sender
