Box Tops - The Letter (1967) | Musicians Playbook | Chords & Lyrics

Box Tops, The Letter (1967)
^{Key: :[Am] (w: Wayne Carson Thompson)}
INTRO: [*R1]

VERSE 1:
[Am] Give me a ticket for an [F] aeroplane
[G] Ain't got time to take a [D] fast train
[Am] Lonely days are gone, [F] I'm a-goin' home
[E7] My baby just wrote me a [Am] letter

VERSE 2:
[Am] I don't care how much money I [F] gotta spend
[G] Got to get back to my [D] baby again
[Am] Lonely days are gone, [F] I'm a-goin' home
[E7] My baby just wrote me a [Am] letter

CHORUS:
Well she [C] wrote me a [G] letter
Said she [F] couldn't [C] live with-[G]-out me no more
[C] Listen mister [G] can't you see
I [F] got to get [C] back to my ba-[G]-by once-a-more; [E7] anyway

REPEAT VERSE 1:

REPEAT CHORUS:

REPEAT VERSE 1:

OUTRO:
[E7] My baby just wrote me a [Am] letter
[E7] My baby just wrote me a [Am] letter

ADDITIONAL INFO:

[*R1]
D |-------2-0--------|
A |-----2-----2---0--|
E |-0-4---------4----|

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