...THE LETTER... by Joe Cocker...

*from 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' (1970)*

Original Key: Bbm

Intro:

Bbm Gb x4

Verse 1:
Bbm Gb
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
Bbm Eb7
I ain't got time to take no fast train.
Bbm Ab Eb/G Gb F7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter. Bbm Db Eb, Db (x2)

Verse 2:
I don't care how much I got to spend,
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.

Chorus 1:
Db Ab
Well, she wrote me a letter,
Gb Db Ab Ab7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
Db Ab
Listen to me Mister;
Gb Db
Can't you see I've got to get back,
Ab F7 (n.C)
To my baby once more...anyway?

Verse 3:

I don't care how much I got to spend,

I won't find my way, my way back home again.
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.

Break: Bbm Db Eb, C (x2) X2

Solo: Bbm Gb, Bbm Eb7, Bbm Ab, Eb/G Gb F7
Break: Bbm Db Eb, Db (x2) last time

Chorus 2: (same as chorus 1)

Verse 4:
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
I ain't got time to take no fast train.
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me that letter.

Break: Bbm Db Eb Db (x2)

Coda:

Bbm Eb7 Bbm Eb7

(My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter.
Bbm Eb7 Bbm Eb7
My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter).
(Repeat)
Outro: Bbm Db Eb, Db (x3), Bbm