Nat Stuckey - Letter To Shirley Chords

[Intro]
   C
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A|-3-----------
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[Chorus]
   F          C
Oh Shirley, I love you
G                    C
  You must believe I do
       F          C       Am
'Cause Shirley, I need to have
    F   G             C
And hold  the both of you
 
[Verse]
C                                             F
Well Shirley, I'm writing this in a hotel downtown
 
I'm sure you remember the place
C                                                 G
  See I came back in the town to see our new baby today
                               C
And you slammed the door at my face
               F
Now Shirley, I know you've got every right
                               C
To despise every breath that I take
                                                  D7
But I'm praying there's still enough love in your heart
                              G
To forgive me that one big mistake
 
[Chorus]
                F         C
'Cause Shirley, Shirley I love you
G                    C
  You must believe I do
       F          C       Am
'Cause Shirley, I need to have
    F   G             C
And hold  the both of you
 
[Verse]
C
   You know I have to admit that when I first heard the news
F
That my first thought was I had to run
C                                  G
   You see Shirley, I was too far along
                                                   C
On my way to success to be chained to a wife and a son
              F
So, I kept my name and you have to blame
C
   And you port with head held high
D7                                                    G
   But I guess now all the while you were wearing the smile
 
You wanted to break down and cry
 
[Chorus]
F         C
  Shirley   I love you
G                    C
  You must believe I do
       F          C       Am
'Cause Shirley, I need to have
    F   G             C
And hold  the both of you
 
[Verse]
C
I just jumped on that train and it took me away
    F
And I well I thought I left the trouble behind
C                                      G
  But I found out in a while with each passing mile
                              C
What I really had left was my mind
                         F
So I'm back here to stay rather you’ll have me or not
                                   C
It's all up to you Shirley in your heart
                                    D7
All the heartaches you've had, everything that's gone bad
                      G
I'll have to live with  if we stay apart
 
[Chorus]
   F          C
Oh Shirley, I love you
G                    C
  You must believe I do
       F          C       Am
'Cause Shirley, I need to have
    F   G             C
And hold  the both of you
 
[Outro]
    F          C       Am
Oh, Shirley, I need to have
    F   G             C    C
And hold  the both of you