Box Full Of Letters (acoustic) Chords

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Box Full Of Letters (acoustic) by Jeff Tweedy is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G, Em, Asus4 and Asus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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intro 
e|--2-2---2h3-0-2---2---2h3-2-0--| 
B|--3---3-------3-3---3----------| 
G|--2-----------2----------------|   x2 
D|--0-----------0----------------| 
A|--0----------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------| 

D      A           G      riff 1 
Got a box full of letters, 
Em                       G  riff 2 
Think you might like to read 
D       A             G             riff 1 
Some things that you might like to see, 
            Em                riff 3 
But they're all addressed to me 
D       A          riff 4 
Wish I had a lotta answers, 
Em                               riff 4 
'Cause that's the way it should be 
D   A          G        riff 1 
For all these questions, 
Em                 G 
Being directed at me 

riff 1 
e|-----------| 
B|-----------| 
G|-----------| 
D|------0----| 
A|--0h2------| 
E|--------2--| 

riff 2 
e|-----------| 
B|-----------| 
G|--------0--| 
D|------0-0--| 
A|--0h2---2--| 
E|--------3--| 

riff 3 
e|--------0--| 
B|--0-2-3-0--| 
G|--0-0-0-0--| 
D|--0-0-0-0--| 
A|--x-x-x-x--| 
E|--3-3-3-3--| 

riff 4 
e|--5-5-5-3--| 
B|--0-0-0-0--| 
G|--0-0-0-0--| 
D|--0-0-0-0--| 
A|--2-2-2-2--| 
E|--3-3-3-3--| 

        D              A 
I just can't find the time 
             G 
To write my mind 
                      intro 
The way I want it to read 
A                   D   riff 5   A   Asus4   A   Asus4   A 
You'll come back again 
                D             riff 5   A   Asus2 
And I'll still be your friend 

riff 5 
e|--------3-3-3-3--| 
B|--------3-3-3-3--| 
G|--------0-0-0-0--| 
D|--------0-0-0-0--| 
A|--------2-x-x-x--| 
E|--0-2-3-3-3-2-2--| 

D        A           G      riff 1 
I got a lot of your records, 
Em              G  riff 2 
In a separate stack 
D      A            G             riff 1 
Some things that I might like to hear, 
       Em                  riff 3 
But I guess I'll give 'em back 
D         A          riff 4 
I wish I had a lotta answers, 
Em                               riff 4 
'Cause that's the way it should be 
D   A      G        riff 1 
All these questions 
Em                 G 
Being directed at me 

        D              A 
I just can't find the time 
             G 
To write my mind 
                      intro 
The way I want it to read 
A                   D   riff 5   A   Asus4   A   Asus4   A 
You'll come back again 
                D             riff 5   A   Asus2 
And I'll still be your friend 

D   A   G   riff 1   Em   G   riff2 
D   A   G 

        D              A 
I just can't find the time 
             G 
To write my mind 
                      intro 
The way I want it to read 

        D              A 
I just can't find the time 
             G 
To write my mind 
                      intro 
The way I want it to read 

A   riff 6   D   riff 7   G  
A   riff 6   D   riff 7   G      Asus2   A   D 

riff 6 
e|-----------| 
B|-----------| 
G|-----------| 
D|--------0--| 
A|--0-0h4----| 
E|-----------| 

riff 7 
e|-----------| 
B|-----------| 
G|--------0--| 
D|--0-0h4----| 
A|-----------| 
E|-----------| 

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| /   slide up 
| \   slide down 
| h   hammer-on 
| p   pull-off 
| ~   vibrato 
| +   harmonic 
| x   Mute note 
| b   Bend 
| pb  Pre-bend 
| br  Bend release 
| pbr Pre-bend release 
| brb Bend release bend 

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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