I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (and Write Myself A Letter) Chords

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I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (and Write Myself A Letter) by Ronnie Lane is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D7, G7, C, F, E7, A7, Dm and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro D7   G7   C   F   |C   G7    | 
                           

Verso 1:
          C                           G7    C 
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter, 
                       E7           F       A7  Dm 
Oh and make believe it came from yo-o-o-ou. 
                              G7 
I'm gonna write words, oh, so sweet, 
              C               A7 
They're gonna knock me off my feet. 
        D7                        G7 
A lotta kisses at the bottom, and I'll be glad I've got 'em. 



          C                             G7      C 
I'm gonna smile and say, 'I hope you're feelin' better,' 
                          E7        F  A7  Dm 
and close 'With love' the way   you do... 
          F                  Fm             C       A7 
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter, 
    D7              G7        C   F  C  G7        
and make believe it came from you...      

          C                             G7      C 
I'm gonna smile and say, 'I hope you're feelin' better,' 
                          E7        F  A7  Dm 
and close 'With love' the way   you do... 
          F                  Fm             C       A7 
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter, 
    D7              G7        C   F  C  G7        
and make believe it came from you...      

          C                             G7      C 
I'm gonna smile and say, 'I hope you're feelin' better,' 
                          E7        F  A7  Dm 
and close 'With love' the way   you do... 
          F                  Fm             C       A7 
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter, 
    D7             G7 
And make believe,  make believe 
D7              G7         C   F C G7 C  
make believe it came from you... 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante