Death Letter Chords by The White Stripes
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
Abm
Eb
Dbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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]
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
Db
Abm
Eb
Dbm
Ab
Db
Abm
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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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] _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
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[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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] _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
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[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
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_ [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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _