Letters To God Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays527

Letters To God by Box Car Racer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Bsus2, G, C, Am and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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16
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  			By:John V.

You'll have to listen to the song for timing and strumm patterns..

Chords used:
   Em   Bsus2    G      C      Am
e|-----------------------------------|
B|----------------------1------------|
G|----------------------0------2-----|
D|-2-----4-------0------2------2-----|
A|-2-----4-------2------3------0-----|
E|-0-----2-------3------x------x-----|

Intro: Em, Bsus2, G, (2x)

Verse:
Em                  G               Em               G
  Caught off guard,   all worked up,   the air is as   dark and cold as night

Em          G              Em                  G
  Let me go,  I'm not done,   I swear I'll take just one lifetime

Chorus:
Em                C           G     Am                  Em        
  And I, I won't lie, I wont sin, Maybe I dont wanna go~~~~~~~~~

C                    G   Am 
~~~, Can't you wait,   Maybe I don't wanna go

Intro: Em, Bsus2, G (2x)

2nd Verse:
Em                  G                   Em                    G
  I should've asked,  I could've helped,   at least a fucking thousand times before

Em                G            Em                       G 
  Will this offer   get me in?   Or does this prove that they gave more?

Chorus:
Em                C           G     Am                  Em        
  And I, I won't lie, I wont sin, Maybe I dont wanna go~~~~~~~~~

C                    G   Am 
~~~, Can't you wait,   Maybe I don't wanna go


Piano comes in...play this while piano is playing:
G, Am, Bm, C (4x)


Heavy Distortion like intro but with pauses:(listen to timing)
Em, Bsus2, G (2x)
then....no pauses(still distorted)
Em, Bsus2, G (2x)

Chorus (distorted):
Em                C           G     Am                  Em        
  And I, I won't lie, I wont sin, Maybe I dont wanna go~~~~~~~~~

C                    G   Am 
~~~, Can't you wait,   Maybe I don't wanna go

Em                C           G     Am                  Em        
  And I, I won't lie, I wont sin, Maybe I dont wanna go~~~~~~~~~

C                    G   Am                   Em
~~~, Can't you wait,   Maybe I don't wanna go


Hope you like it...And complaints, questions, comments send to [email protected]
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante