Death Letter Chords by The White Stripes

Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Db

Abm

Eb

Dbm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Death Letter chords
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[N]
I got a [Abm] letter this morning, what do you reckon it read?
It said the gal you love is dead.
I got [Db] a letter this morning,
what do you reckon [Ab] it read?
[Eb]
Hurry, hurry, [Db] because the gal you love [Abm] is dead.
[Ab] Well, I packed up my [Abm] suitcase, took off down the road,
when I got there she was laying on the cooling board.
I packed [Db] up my suitcase,
[Dbm] she floored down.
[Ab]
When I got [Ebm] there she was [Db] laying on the cooling board.
[Ab]
[Eb] Well, [Ab]
[Abm]
[Db]
[Ab] [Db]
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Db]
[Abm] [Ab]
[Abm]
it looked like ten thousand people sitting around the burying ground.
I didn't know I loved
her until I began to let her down.
It looked [Db] like ten thousand people standing on the burying [Ab] ground.
I didn't know that [Eb] I loved [Db]
her until I began to let her [Abm] down.
[Ab] [Abm] You know it's so hard to love
someone that don't love you.
One thing satisfaction, don't care what you do.
So hard to love
[Db] someone that don't love [Abm]
you.
[Ab]
[Eb] That satisfaction, [Db] don't care what you [Ab] do.
[Eb]
[Abm]
[Db]
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ebm] [Abm]
[Ab]
[Abm]
[Ab] [Db]
[Ab]
[Abm]
[Eb] [Gb]
[Eb] [Abm]
Well, I got up this morning to leave the break of day.
Just hugging the pillows, she used to lay.
[Db] Got up this morning [Dbm]
to leave the break of day.
[Ab]
[Eb] Just hugging the pillows, [Db]
where my baby used to lay.
[Eb]
Key:  
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Abm
123111114
Eb
12341116
Dbm
13421114
Ab
134211114
Db
12341114
Abm
123111114
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Let's start jamming The White Stripes - Death Letter chords, practice the chord sequence Eb, Db, Ab, Abm, Db, Abm and Ab. Start slow with ChordU's Free Tempo controller and increase your speed as you get comfortable. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: Ab Major.

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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I got a [Abm] letter this morning, what do you reckon it read? _
_ _ _ _ It said the gal you love is dead.
I got [Db] a letter this morning,
_ _ _ what do you reckon [Ab] it read? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Hurry, hurry, _ _ [Db] _ because the gal you love [Abm] is dead. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ Well, I packed up my [Abm] _ suitcase, _ _ took off down the road,
_ when I got there she was laying on the cooling board.
I packed [Db] up my suitcase, _
[Dbm] _ _ she floored down.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ When I got [Ebm] there she was [Db] _ _ laying on the cooling board.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ Well, [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ it looked like ten thousand people sitting around the burying ground.
_ I didn't know I loved
her _ until I began to let her down. _
It looked [Db] like ten thousand _ _ people standing on the burying [Ab] ground. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I didn't know that [Eb] I loved _ [Db] _
her until I began to let her [Abm] down. _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ You know it's so hard to love _ _
someone that don't love you.
One thing _ satisfaction, _ don't care what you do.
_ _ So hard to love _
_ [Db] _ someone that don't love [Abm]
you.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] That satisfaction, _ [Db] _ _ don't care what you [Ab] do.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, I got up this morning _ _ to leave the break of day.
_ _ Just hugging the pillows, _ _ she used to lay. _ _ _
[Db] Got up this morning _ _ [Dbm] _ _
to leave the break of day.
_ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] Just hugging the pillows, _ [Db]
where my baby used to lay. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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