The Letter Chords
by Box Tops
The Letter by Box Tops is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, G, D, E7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Am F
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
G D
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
E7 Am
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
Am F
I don't care how much money I gotta spend
G D
Got to get back to baby again
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
E7 Am
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter
F C G
Said she couldn't live without me no more
C G F C
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
G
To my baby once-a more
E7
Anyway, yeah!
Am F
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
G D
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
E7 Am
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter
F C G
Said she couldn't live without me no more
C G F C
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
G
To my baby once-a more
E7
Anyway, yeah!
Am F
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
G D
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
E7 Am
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
E7
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
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