Jim Reeves - The Letter Edged In Black Chords
Tempo:
74.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Am
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] I was standing by my window [D] yesterday morning, without a thought of sorrow [G] or of care,
when I saw the postman coming [C] up the pathway, [D] with such a smiling face and [G] jolly hair.
He rang the bell and whistled as [D] he waited, [Am] and then he said, Good morning to [G] you Jack.
But he little knew the sorrow that [C] he brought me, when [D] he handed me the letter edged in [G] black.
With trembling hands I took the letter [D] from him, I opened it and this is what [G] it said,
Come home my boy, your dear [Dm] old [C] daddy wants you, [D] come home my boy, your dear old [G] mother's dead.
[D]
[G] The last word your mother [D] ever uttered, tell my boy I want him [G] to come back.
My eyes are blurred, my poor old [C] heart is breaking, [D] as I'm writing you this letter [G] edged in black.
Those angry words I wish [D] I'd never spoke, you know I didn't mean them, [G] don't you Jack?
May the angels bear me witness, [C] I am asking, [D] your forgiveness in this letter [G] edged in black.
when I saw the postman coming [C] up the pathway, [D] with such a smiling face and [G] jolly hair.
He rang the bell and whistled as [D] he waited, [Am] and then he said, Good morning to [G] you Jack.
But he little knew the sorrow that [C] he brought me, when [D] he handed me the letter edged in [G] black.
With trembling hands I took the letter [D] from him, I opened it and this is what [G] it said,
Come home my boy, your dear [Dm] old [C] daddy wants you, [D] come home my boy, your dear old [G] mother's dead.
[D]
[G] The last word your mother [D] ever uttered, tell my boy I want him [G] to come back.
My eyes are blurred, my poor old [C] heart is breaking, [D] as I'm writing you this letter [G] edged in black.
Those angry words I wish [D] I'd never spoke, you know I didn't mean them, [G] don't you Jack?
May the angels bear me witness, [C] I am asking, [D] your forgiveness in this letter [G] edged in black.
Key:
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ I was standing by my window [D] yesterday morning, _ without a thought of sorrow [G] or of care,
_ when I saw the postman coming [C] up the pathway, _ [D] with such a smiling face and [G] jolly hair.
_ He rang the bell and whistled as [D] he waited, [Am] and then he said, Good morning to [G] you Jack.
But he little knew the sorrow that [C] he brought me, when [D] he handed me the letter edged in [G] black.
_ With trembling hands I took the letter [D] from him, I opened it and this is what [G] it said,
Come home my boy, your dear [Dm] old [C] daddy wants you, _ [D] come home my boy, your dear old [G] mother's dead.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ The last word your mother [D] ever _ uttered, tell my boy I want him [G] to come back.
_ My eyes are blurred, my poor old [C] heart is breaking, _ [D] as I'm writing you this letter [G] edged in black.
_ Those angry words I wish [D] I'd never spoke, _ you know I didn't mean them, [G] don't you Jack?
_ May the angels bear me witness, [C] I am asking, [D] your forgiveness in this letter [G] edged in black. _ _ _ _
_ when I saw the postman coming [C] up the pathway, _ [D] with such a smiling face and [G] jolly hair.
_ He rang the bell and whistled as [D] he waited, [Am] and then he said, Good morning to [G] you Jack.
But he little knew the sorrow that [C] he brought me, when [D] he handed me the letter edged in [G] black.
_ With trembling hands I took the letter [D] from him, I opened it and this is what [G] it said,
Come home my boy, your dear [Dm] old [C] daddy wants you, _ [D] come home my boy, your dear old [G] mother's dead.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ The last word your mother [D] ever _ uttered, tell my boy I want him [G] to come back.
_ My eyes are blurred, my poor old [C] heart is breaking, _ [D] as I'm writing you this letter [G] edged in black.
_ Those angry words I wish [D] I'd never spoke, _ you know I didn't mean them, [G] don't you Jack?
_ May the angels bear me witness, [C] I am asking, [D] your forgiveness in this letter [G] edged in black. _ _ _ _
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