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Joe Cocker - The Letter Chords

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The Letter Chords

(ver. 1)
Joe Cocker
Intro:

G-Em D D D-Em

Verse 1:

  Em                       C
 Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
Em                     A7
 I ain't got time to take no fast train.
Em              D                A        C      B7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.

Instrumental:

Em  G  A  G-A-G (x2)

Verse 2:

Em                       C
 I don't care how much I have to spend,
        Em              A7
Oh, I won't find my way back home again.
Em              D             A          C    B7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
And, my baby, she wrote me a letter.

Instrumental:

Em  G  A  G-A-G (x2)

Chorus 1:

          G          D
Well, she wrote me a letter,
      C            G          D              D7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
G             D
 Listen to me Mister;
          C               G
Can't you see I've got to get back,
      D                 B7
To my baby once more... anyway?

Verse 3:

Em                       C
 I don't care how much I got to spend,
        Em              A7
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
Em              D             A           C    B7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.

Instrumental:

Em  G  A  G-A-G (x2) 

Solo (chords you played in verse):

Em  C  Em  A7 Em  D  A  C  B7

Instrumental:

Em  G  A  G-A-G (x2)

Solo:

Em  C  Em  A7 Em  D  A  C  B7

Instrumental:

Em  G  A  G-A-G (x2)

Chorus 2:

          G          D
Well, she wrote me a letter,
      C            G          D              D7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
G             D
 Listen to me Mister;
      C               G
Can't you see I've got to get back,
      D                   B7  
To my baby once more... anyway?

Verse 4:

Em                       C
 Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
Em                   A7
 I ain't got time to take no fast train.
Em              D             A           C    B7
 Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home, now;
My baby, she wrote me that letter.

Instrumental:

Em  G  A  G-A-G (x2)

Coda~:

Em        A7                 Em      A7
 (My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter
Em       A7                 Em      A7
 My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter).

(Repeat, on final repeat, play the instrumental)            
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