Dear John Letter Lounge Chords

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Dear John Letter Lounge by Jerry Jeff Walker is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 

        D 
Well I guess its finally happened 
    G                 D 
I'm tired of running 'round 

I thank you for waitin' on me 
             A 
while I was a paintin' the town 
    D 
For years and years you stood by me 
G                         D 
Tellin' me I'm ruinin' my life 

I'm tired of all these honky tonks 
         A            D 
And that fly by night life 

verse 2 

      D 
Well, tonight a bottle stands alone 
       G                D 
In the Dear John Letter Lounge 
                          
Waitin' on me for company, 
              A 
But I won't be around 
     D                             
Find someone else to take my place 
G                  D 
While I rejoin the wife 
                       
Cause I'm tired of all these Honky Tonks 
         A            D 
And that fly by night life 

Chorus:

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante