The Box Tops

The Letter Chords

This version has the proper ending.

Am                    F
Gimme 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-goin' home,
   E7                   Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.

Am                            F
I don't care how much money I gotta spend, 
G                     D
Got to get back to my baby again 
Am                    F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
   E7                   Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.

          C          G
Well, she wrote me a letter 
         F        C        G
Said she couldn't live without me no mo'.
C             G               F          C
Listen mister can't you see I got to get back 
      G                   E  E7
To my baby once a-mo'--anyway...

Am                            F
I don't care how much money I gotta spend, 
G                     D
Got to get back to my baby again 
Am                    F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
   E7                   Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.

          C          G
Well, she wrote me a letter 
         F        C        G
Said she couldn't live without me no mo'.
C             G               F          C
Listen mister can't you see I got to get back 
      G                   E  E7
To my baby once a-mo'--anyway...

Am                    F
Gimme 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-goin' home,
   E7                   Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.
   E7                   Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.

OUTRO:
C#        G#      D#m      C#        G#      
C#        G#      D#m      C#        G#
C#        G#      D#m      C#        G#