Letter In The Mail Chords by James Taylor
Tempo:
68.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Gb
B
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Gm] [F] [C] [Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] If
[B] [Gb] I [Ebm] could go down now, [Abm] the whole [B] town was sleeping, [Gb] see the sun creeping up on the [Ab] hill,
[B]
yeah.
[Gb] I know the river and the [Ebm] railroad [Abm] would run through [B] the valley still.
[Gb] [B]
[Gb] [B] [Gb] Guess it never was, [Ebm] was, look at, [Abm] just a one-horse [B] town,
[Gb] maybe kind of [Ebm] place young people want to [Ab] be today.
[B] [Gb] [Ebm] Storefront's pretty much boarded up, [Abm] Main Street [B] pretty much closed [Gb] down.
[Abm] [Gb]
[Bm] [A] Oh, the church bell still [Dbm] rings on [A] a Sunday.
[Bm] Old folks still [E] go, [Bm] young [A] ones listen [D] on the [E] radio.
[A] Saturday [Dbm] night, nothing [Abm] but a stray dog running [G] wild, [Gb] like nobody's child.
[Bm]
[B] [Ebm] And little [Gb] by little, light after [Abm] light, that's how it [B] died.
They [Gb] [Ebm] say you'll never go home again, [Ab] and that's [B] no lie.
Just [Gb] stack a letter [Ebm] in the mail to a brother in jail, [Ab] it's a matter [B] of time.
You can do a little [Gb] bit at [Abm] a [Gb] time.
[Db] [Abm] [Gb]
It does me good to believe, [Abm] [Gb] [Db] [Abm] sometimes,
[Gbm] [C] [G] it used to be part of the heartland, [C] awful proud and strong,
[Am] and deep, [Em] deep down, peaceful and [A] serene.
[C] [Am] People [Em] used to talk about the [G] country, [C] that's what they used to [G] mean.
[Am] [G]
[C] [G] I might [Em] go down come the weekend, [C] go on [G] my own.
[Am] Drop [Em] off Annie and the baby, [A] maybe [C] drive alone.
[G] Pay [Em] my last respects to [C] a time that has [G] all but [C] gone.
[G] [Am] [G]
[Eb] He [Bb] said, Mama, come [Dm] look at the [Bb] mountain, [Eb] the fire in the [F] sky.
[Cm] It's [Bb] lit up [Eb] like the 4th of [F] July, [Bb] the mill burning [Dm] down,
[C] the jobs leaving [Ab] town, [G] the trains rolling by.
[Cm]
[C] [Em] And little by little, light after light, [C] that's how it died.
[Am] They [Em] say you'll never go home again, [A] and now that's [C] no lie.
[G] Just stack a letter [Em] in the mail to a brother in jail, [A] it's a matter [C] of time.
You can do a little [G] bit at a [Am] [G] time.
[Bm] [Am] [G]
Oh, no.
[Am] [G] [D] [Am] [G] [Em] [Am] [C]
[G] [Em] [A] [C]
[C] [Em] [C]
[Am] [Em]
[Gm] [F] [C] [Bb] [F] If
[B] [Gb] I [Ebm] could go down now, [Abm] the whole [B] town was sleeping, [Gb] see the sun creeping up on the [Ab] hill,
[B]
yeah.
[Gb] I know the river and the [Ebm] railroad [Abm] would run through [B] the valley still.
[Gb] [B]
[Gb] [B] [Gb] Guess it never was, [Ebm] was, look at, [Abm] just a one-horse [B] town,
[Gb] maybe kind of [Ebm] place young people want to [Ab] be today.
[B] [Gb] [Ebm] Storefront's pretty much boarded up, [Abm] Main Street [B] pretty much closed [Gb] down.
[Abm] [Gb]
[Bm] [A] Oh, the church bell still [Dbm] rings on [A] a Sunday.
[Bm] Old folks still [E] go, [Bm] young [A] ones listen [D] on the [E] radio.
[A] Saturday [Dbm] night, nothing [Abm] but a stray dog running [G] wild, [Gb] like nobody's child.
[Bm]
[B] [Ebm] And little [Gb] by little, light after [Abm] light, that's how it [B] died.
They [Gb] [Ebm] say you'll never go home again, [Ab] and that's [B] no lie.
Just [Gb] stack a letter [Ebm] in the mail to a brother in jail, [Ab] it's a matter [B] of time.
You can do a little [Gb] bit at [Abm] a [Gb] time.
[Db] [Abm] [Gb]
It does me good to believe, [Abm] [Gb] [Db] [Abm] sometimes,
[Gbm] [C] [G] it used to be part of the heartland, [C] awful proud and strong,
[Am] and deep, [Em] deep down, peaceful and [A] serene.
[C] [Am] People [Em] used to talk about the [G] country, [C] that's what they used to [G] mean.
[Am] [G]
[C] [G] I might [Em] go down come the weekend, [C] go on [G] my own.
[Am] Drop [Em] off Annie and the baby, [A] maybe [C] drive alone.
[G] Pay [Em] my last respects to [C] a time that has [G] all but [C] gone.
[G] [Am] [G]
[Eb] He [Bb] said, Mama, come [Dm] look at the [Bb] mountain, [Eb] the fire in the [F] sky.
[Cm] It's [Bb] lit up [Eb] like the 4th of [F] July, [Bb] the mill burning [Dm] down,
[C] the jobs leaving [Ab] town, [G] the trains rolling by.
[Cm]
[C] [Em] And little by little, light after light, [C] that's how it died.
[Am] They [Em] say you'll never go home again, [A] and now that's [C] no lie.
[G] Just stack a letter [Em] in the mail to a brother in jail, [A] it's a matter [C] of time.
You can do a little [G] bit at a [Am] [G] time.
[Bm] [Am] [G]
Oh, no.
[Am] [G] [D] [Am] [G] [Em] [Am] [C]
[G] [Em] [A] [C]
[C] [Em] [C]
[Am] [Em]
Key:
C
G
Gb
B
Am
C
G
Gb
[F] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] If _
[B] _ [Gb] I [Ebm] could go down now, [Abm] the whole [B] town was sleeping, [Gb] see the sun creeping up on the [Ab] hill,
[B]
yeah.
[Gb] I know the river and the [Ebm] railroad [Abm] would run through [B] the valley still.
_ [Gb] _ _ [B] _ _
[Gb] _ [B] [Gb] Guess it never was, [Ebm] was, look at, [Abm] just a one-horse [B] town,
_ [Gb] maybe kind of [Ebm] place young people want to [Ab] be today.
[B] _ _ [Gb] [Ebm] Storefront's pretty much boarded up, [Abm] Main Street [B] pretty much closed [Gb] down.
_ _ [Abm] _ [Gb] _
[Bm] _ [A] Oh, the church bell still [Dbm] rings on [A] a Sunday.
_ [Bm] Old folks still [E] go, [Bm] young [A] ones listen [D] on the [E] radio.
[A] Saturday [Dbm] night, nothing [Abm] but a stray dog running [G] wild, [Gb] like nobody's child.
[Bm] _ _
[B] _ [Ebm] And little [Gb] by little, light after [Abm] light, that's how it [B] died.
They [Gb] [Ebm] say you'll never go home again, [Ab] and that's [B] no lie.
Just [Gb] stack a letter [Ebm] in the mail to a brother in jail, [Ab] it's a matter [B] of time.
You can do a little [Gb] bit at [Abm] a [Gb] time.
[Db] _ [Abm] _ [Gb]
It does me good to believe, [Abm] _ [Gb] _ [Db] _ [Abm] sometimes,
[Gbm] _ [C] [G] it used to be part of the heartland, [C] awful proud and strong,
[Am] and deep, [Em] deep down, peaceful and [A] serene.
[C] _ [Am] People [Em] used to talk about the [G] country, [C] that's what they used to [G] mean.
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ [C] [G] I might [Em] go down come the weekend, [C] go on [G] my own.
[Am] Drop [Em] off Annie and the baby, [A] maybe [C] drive alone.
[G] Pay [Em] my last respects to [C] a time that has [G] all but [C] gone.
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
[Eb] He [Bb] said, Mama, come [Dm] look at the [Bb] mountain, _ _ [Eb] the fire in the [F] sky.
[Cm] It's [Bb] lit up [Eb] like the 4th of [F] July, [Bb] the mill burning [Dm] down,
[C] the jobs leaving [Ab] town, [G] the trains rolling by.
[Cm] _ _
[C] _ [Em] And little by little, light after light, [C] that's how it died.
[Am] They [Em] say you'll never go home again, [A] and now that's [C] no lie.
[G] Just stack a letter [Em] in the mail to a brother in jail, [A] it's a matter [C] of time.
You can do a little [G] bit at a [Am] [G] time.
[Bm] _ [Am] _ [G] _
Oh, no.
[Am] _ [G] _ [D] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ [C] _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] If _
[B] _ [Gb] I [Ebm] could go down now, [Abm] the whole [B] town was sleeping, [Gb] see the sun creeping up on the [Ab] hill,
[B]
yeah.
[Gb] I know the river and the [Ebm] railroad [Abm] would run through [B] the valley still.
_ [Gb] _ _ [B] _ _
[Gb] _ [B] [Gb] Guess it never was, [Ebm] was, look at, [Abm] just a one-horse [B] town,
_ [Gb] maybe kind of [Ebm] place young people want to [Ab] be today.
[B] _ _ [Gb] [Ebm] Storefront's pretty much boarded up, [Abm] Main Street [B] pretty much closed [Gb] down.
_ _ [Abm] _ [Gb] _
[Bm] _ [A] Oh, the church bell still [Dbm] rings on [A] a Sunday.
_ [Bm] Old folks still [E] go, [Bm] young [A] ones listen [D] on the [E] radio.
[A] Saturday [Dbm] night, nothing [Abm] but a stray dog running [G] wild, [Gb] like nobody's child.
[Bm] _ _
[B] _ [Ebm] And little [Gb] by little, light after [Abm] light, that's how it [B] died.
They [Gb] [Ebm] say you'll never go home again, [Ab] and that's [B] no lie.
Just [Gb] stack a letter [Ebm] in the mail to a brother in jail, [Ab] it's a matter [B] of time.
You can do a little [Gb] bit at [Abm] a [Gb] time.
[Db] _ [Abm] _ [Gb]
It does me good to believe, [Abm] _ [Gb] _ [Db] _ [Abm] sometimes,
[Gbm] _ [C] [G] it used to be part of the heartland, [C] awful proud and strong,
[Am] and deep, [Em] deep down, peaceful and [A] serene.
[C] _ [Am] People [Em] used to talk about the [G] country, [C] that's what they used to [G] mean.
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ [C] [G] I might [Em] go down come the weekend, [C] go on [G] my own.
[Am] Drop [Em] off Annie and the baby, [A] maybe [C] drive alone.
[G] Pay [Em] my last respects to [C] a time that has [G] all but [C] gone.
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
[Eb] He [Bb] said, Mama, come [Dm] look at the [Bb] mountain, _ _ [Eb] the fire in the [F] sky.
[Cm] It's [Bb] lit up [Eb] like the 4th of [F] July, [Bb] the mill burning [Dm] down,
[C] the jobs leaving [Ab] town, [G] the trains rolling by.
[Cm] _ _
[C] _ [Em] And little by little, light after light, [C] that's how it died.
[Am] They [Em] say you'll never go home again, [A] and now that's [C] no lie.
[G] Just stack a letter [Em] in the mail to a brother in jail, [A] it's a matter [C] of time.
You can do a little [G] bit at a [Am] [G] time.
[Bm] _ [Am] _ [G] _
Oh, no.
[Am] _ [G] _ [D] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ [C] _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _