The letter    (intro)    (midi)

 

     Am                                F

1. Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,

     G                                  D

    ain't got time to take a fast train,

    Am                              F

    lonely days are gone, I’m a-going home,

           E                                Am      

    my baby, she wrote me a letter.

 

   Am                                               F

2. I don't care how much money I got to spend,

      G                          D

    got to get back to baby again,

    Am                               F

    lonely days are gone, I'm a-going home,

           E                                Am

    my baby, she wrote me a letter.

 

                   C             G                       F          C          G

Well, she wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live without me no more.

  C                     G                      F              C               G                    

Listen, mister, can’t you see, I got to get back to my baby once more,

E   - - - - -

    anyway!

 

     Am                                F

3. Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,

     G                                  D

    ain't got time to take a fast train,

    Am                              F

    lonely days are gone, I’m a-going home,

           E                               Am      

    my baby, she wrote me a letter.

 

+ CHORUS      + repeat verse 3

 

                                          E                              Am

+ repeat verse 1     + My Baby she wrote me a letter.

 

(orig. moves up half a note here to capo 1st) + C - G - F - C - G (2x) …

 

    (The Box Tops)