Little Letters Chords

KeyAm Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays442

Little Letters by Paper Aeroplanes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Am, C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
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Intro 

e|---0-------0-------3-------3-------| 
B|-------------------1-------0-------| 
G|---2-------2-----------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------| 


verse 1 (continue with intro) 

Am 
Notes in the room when I'm with you 
        C       G 
It's an echo 
Am 
Ink on my tongue when I kiss you 
       C        G 
It's a tattoo 


 

Am 
Little letters, little letters 
C                 G 
Black and blue 
Am 
Little letters, little letters 
C                 G 
Hidden in you 


verse 2 

Am 
Ghosts in the street when we're walking 
       C          G 
It's a shadow 
Am 
Struggle to breathe when you're talking 
     C            G 
Is a virtue 


 

Am 
Little letters, little letters 
C                 G 
Black and blue 
Am 
Little letters, little letters 
C                 G 
Hidden from view 


verse 3 

Am 
Heart's in my hands when I hold you 
       C          G 
When i hold you 
Am 
Words that will slip from your lips 
            C         G 
Oh how they own you 

 

Am 
Little letters, little letters 
C                 G 
Black and blue 
Am 
Little letters, little letters 
C                 G 
Hidden in you 


Bridge 

Am*                                 C*                      G* 
Heart through the glass through the marks that you can't erase 
                         F                  Am* 
Pulling strings 'til the silence within you breaks 
                     C*                   G* 
Little words you can choose to create and shout when it's over 
F 
Shout when it's over 
Am*                                 C*                      G* 
Heart through the glass through the marks that you can't erase 
                         F                  Am* 
Pulling strings 'til the silence within you breaks 
                     C*                   G* 
Little words you can choose to create and shout when it's over 
F 
Shout when it's over 
F 
Shout when it's over 


Am                                C      G 
Little letters, little letters 
   Am                             C      G 
Oh little letters, little letters 
Am                                C      G 
Little letters, little letters 
Am                                C 
Little letters, little letters 
     G 
Just shout when it's over 
     G 
Just shout when it's over 


Outro (same as intro) 
    	

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