Chords for Al Green - The Letter (The Box Tops Funk / Soul Cover)

Tempo:
88.55 bpm
Chords used:

F

Am

G

C

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Al Green - The Letter (The Box Tops Funk / Soul Cover) chords
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[Am]
Give me a ticket for an [F] airplane [G] Ain't got time to [Bm] take a fast train
[Am] Lonely days are [F] gone and I'm going home [E] Baby, number [Am] me a little
[C]
I [Am] got to say I don't care how much [F] money I got to spend
[G] Got to get back, get [D] on back road Baby, one more [Am] again
Lonely days are [F] gone and I'm going [E] home Baby, that [Am] lonely
I slapped that on a piece of paper, [C] yeah
[G] Romeo left, [F] said she couldn't [C] live [G] without me no more
[C] [G] Listen, mister, can't you [F] see I've got to [C] get back [G] to my baby once more
[E] I [Am] got to have a ticket [F] for an airplane, no
[G] I got to get back and [D] see my baby again
[Am] Lonely days are [F] gone and I'm going [E] home Baby, number me [Am] a little
She [C] wrote me [G] a letter, [F] said she couldn't [C] live [G] without me no more
[C] [G] Listen, mister, [F] can't [C]
you see I've got to get back to [G] my baby once [E] more
[Am] I got to have a ticket [F] for an airplane
[G] I got to get back to my [D] baby, baby
[Am] Lonely days are gone and [F] I'm going home
[E] Baby, number me a [Am] little
[F]
Key:  
F
134211111
Am
2311
G
2131
C
3211
E
2311
F
134211111
Am
2311
G
2131
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To start learning Al Green - The Letter chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - Am, F, C, G, C, G, F, E and Am in sequence. Set your pace at 44 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 89. With the song's key of C Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Give me a ticket for an [F] airplane _ [G] Ain't got time to [Bm] take a fast train
_ [Am] Lonely days are [F] gone and I'm going home [E] Baby, number [Am] me a little
[C]
I [Am] got to say I don't care how much [F] money I got to spend
_ [G] Got to get back, get [D] on back road Baby, one more [Am] again
Lonely days are [F] gone and _ I'm going [E] home Baby, that [Am] lonely
I slapped that on a piece of paper, [C] yeah
_ [G] Romeo left, [F] said she couldn't [C] live [G] without me no more _ _
_ [C] _ [G] Listen, mister, can't you [F] see I've got to [C] get back [G] to my baby once more
[E] _ I _ [Am] _ got to have a ticket [F] for an airplane, no
[G] I got to get back and [D] see my baby again
_ [Am] Lonely days are [F] gone and I'm going [E] home Baby, number me [Am] a little
She [C] wrote me [G] a letter, [F] said she couldn't [C] live [G] without me no _ more _ _
_ [C] _ [G] Listen, mister, [F] can't _ [C]
you see I've got to get back to [G] my baby once _ [E] _ more
[Am] I got to have a ticket [F] for an airplane _
[G] I got to get back to my [D] baby, baby
[Am] Lonely days are gone and [F] I'm going home
_ [E] Baby, number me a [Am] little _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song, written by Wayne Carson Thompson, is among the lineup of tracks on the Greatest Hits: The Best of album.

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