Letters In Wartime Chords
by Matthew Good
Letters In Wartime by Matthew Good is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, B, F, C, Gm and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Eb|----7-----6-----2-----9-----4-----0----|
Bb|----7-----6-----2-----9-----4-----0----|
Gb|----8-----8-----3-----9-----4-----1----|
Db|----9-----9-----4-----11----6-----2----|
Ab|----9-----9-----4-----11----6-----2----|
Eb|----7-----6-----2-----9-----4-----0----|
Bb B* F C Gm Eb
Bb B* F C
There's a way over you don't go
Bb B* F C
Count the days all silent, pinned and roped
Bb F C Gm
Well there's dynamite in that tunnel for the matchbox in your head
Bb F C Gm
You know, curious canaries suffer no fools in their stead
Gm Bb F Gm
suffer no fools in their stead
Gm Bb F Gm
suffer no fools in their stead
F F
Bb Gm F F
We got lost at sea once night deceived oh no
Bb Gm F F
Bitter tried you bleed, a bear that's treed oh no
Gm Bb F F
Where not everything comes forgettable oh no
// guitar solo goes over this :P
Eb Bb F F x2
Eb Bb
F
This is the time I've waited for you
Eb
Bordered a line I can't ignore
Bb
Taken a life I've waited to come again
// more guitar solo over this
F Eb Bb x3
// listen for the piano in this part
F Bb F C
It's the only way that I talk
Bb Gm Bb
And you've always known that it was
F Bb F C
It's the only way I can tell you
Bb Gm Bb
Like letters in wartime do
Bb Gm Bb
F F
Bb Gm F F
Been lost at sea for years deceived oh no
Bb Gm F F
Chased by sets of French Corvettes oh no
Gm Bb
Where not everything comes forgettable
// more solo over this too
F Eb Bb x3