Letter To Dana Chords by Sonata Arctica
Tempo:
156.75 bpm
Chords used:
Em
G
D
C
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] [G]
[C]
[D] [Em]
[G] [C]
[Em] [G]
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[D] [Em]
[G]
[C]
[Em] Dana, my darling, [D] I'm writing to [Em] you,
[G] Cause your father passed away, it [Am] was a beautiful
[Em] day,
And [Am] I don't want to bother you [Em] anymore,
I [G] used to hope you'd come back,
[D] Not anymore, Dana,
[Em] The eyes might have betrayed me,
[D] But I [Em] have seen [G] your picture on the cover [Am] of a filthy [Em] magazine,
And [Am] I think my heart just cannot [Em] handle that,
[G] Dana, my darling, [D] would be so glad,
[C] Be so [D]
[C] glad,
[Em] [G]
[C] [D]
[Em] [G]
[C]
[Em] [G]
[C] [D]
[Em] [G]
[C]
[Em] Dana, my darling, [D] I'm writing to [Em] you,
Cause your [G] mother passed away, it [A] was a really [Em] rainy day,
[Am] And I didn't mean to bother [Em] you anymore,
Your mother [G] wished to come visit your [D] father's grave,
Dana, [Em] your father disowned you, [D] cause you have [Em] sinned,
[G]
But he did forgive you [Am] in condition he [Em] was ill,
[Am] And I hope you won't do those [Em] things anymore,
[G]
Dana, my darling, I'm [D] waiting for [Em] little Dana [G] O'Hara,
[C] Oh, Dana, [D] my dear, [Em] how I wish [G] my Dana was [C]
here,
[Em] Little Dana [G] O'Hara, [C] I sighed at [D] one day,
[Em] You traveled [G] way far [C]
away,
[Am]
No, you can't surprise [Em] me anymore,
Oh, [C]
I've seen [G] it all before,
[Am]
But it seems I [Em] cannot let you go,
[D]
Dana, Dana, Dana, Dana,
[Em]
[G] [C]
[D] [Em]
[G] [C]
[Em]
[G] [C]
[D] [Em]
[G] [C]
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[E] [Em]
And I think that [D] I told you,
[C]
I'd wait for [Em] you forever,
Now I know someone [D] else is holding you,
So [C] for the first time in my life,
[G] I [Am] must lie so still,
[G]
Miss that I am ill,
[C]
Love is not [D] that thing I [E] feel [Am] now,
I promise you I [G]
won't cry it again,
Till [C] the sun sets [E] behind your [Gm]
[F] grave,
[Bb]
[C]
[D] [Gm]
[F]
[Bb]
[D] [Em]
[D] [C]
[Bm] [Em] [Am]
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[Em]
Oh, Dana, [D]
I [Em] [G]
heard you passed away,
It [A] was a beautiful [Em] day,
[A] I am old and I feel time [Em] will come for me,
[G] Diaries, pages [D] are full of me,
[Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] Oh, Dana, [F] my dear,
[Gm] How I wish that [Bb] my Dana [Eb] was here,
[Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] I sighed at [F] one day,
[Gm] You traveled [Bb] way far [Eb]
away,
[Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] Oh, Dana, my [F] dear,
[Gm] How I wish that [Bb] my Dana [Eb] was here,
[Gm] Little Dana O [Bb]'Hara, [Eb] I sighed at [F] one day,
[Gm] You traveled [Bb] way far [Eb]
away,
[Gm]
It's the [Bb] end [Eb]
of [F] December,
[Gm]
[Bb] Access [Eb]
unknown,
[Gm]
[Bb] No [Eb] such number,
[F] [Gm]
Oh, [Bb] no [Eb]
such room,
[C]
[D] [Em]
[G] [C]
[Em] [G]
[C]
[D] [Em]
[G]
[C]
[Em] Dana, my darling, [D] I'm writing to [Em] you,
[G] Cause your father passed away, it [Am] was a beautiful
[Em] day,
And [Am] I don't want to bother you [Em] anymore,
I [G] used to hope you'd come back,
[D] Not anymore, Dana,
[Em] The eyes might have betrayed me,
[D] But I [Em] have seen [G] your picture on the cover [Am] of a filthy [Em] magazine,
And [Am] I think my heart just cannot [Em] handle that,
[G] Dana, my darling, [D] would be so glad,
[C] Be so [D]
[C] glad,
[Em] [G]
[C] [D]
[Em] [G]
[C]
[Em] [G]
[C] [D]
[Em] [G]
[C]
[Em] Dana, my darling, [D] I'm writing to [Em] you,
Cause your [G] mother passed away, it [A] was a really [Em] rainy day,
[Am] And I didn't mean to bother [Em] you anymore,
Your mother [G] wished to come visit your [D] father's grave,
Dana, [Em] your father disowned you, [D] cause you have [Em] sinned,
[G]
But he did forgive you [Am] in condition he [Em] was ill,
[Am] And I hope you won't do those [Em] things anymore,
[G]
Dana, my darling, I'm [D] waiting for [Em] little Dana [G] O'Hara,
[C] Oh, Dana, [D] my dear, [Em] how I wish [G] my Dana was [C]
here,
[Em] Little Dana [G] O'Hara, [C] I sighed at [D] one day,
[Em] You traveled [G] way far [C]
away,
[Am]
No, you can't surprise [Em] me anymore,
Oh, [C]
I've seen [G] it all before,
[Am]
But it seems I [Em] cannot let you go,
[D]
Dana, Dana, Dana, Dana,
[Em]
[G] [C]
[D] [Em]
[G] [C]
[Em]
[G] [C]
[D] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G] [Gb]
[Gbm] [D] [A]
[Bm] [Gbm]
[A] [E]
[Bm]
[Gbm] [D] [A]
[Bm] [Gbm]
[A]
[E] [Em]
And I think that [D] I told you,
[C]
I'd wait for [Em] you forever,
Now I know someone [D] else is holding you,
So [C] for the first time in my life,
[G] I [Am] must lie so still,
[G]
Miss that I am ill,
[C]
Love is not [D] that thing I [E] feel [Am] now,
I promise you I [G]
won't cry it again,
Till [C] the sun sets [E] behind your [Gm]
[F] grave,
[Bb]
[C]
[D] [Gm]
[F]
[Bb]
[D] [Em]
[D] [C]
[Bm] [Em] [Am]
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[Em]
Oh, Dana, [D]
I [Em] [G]
heard you passed away,
It [A] was a beautiful [Em] day,
[A] I am old and I feel time [Em] will come for me,
[G] Diaries, pages [D] are full of me,
[Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] Oh, Dana, [F] my dear,
[Gm] How I wish that [Bb] my Dana [Eb] was here,
[Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] I sighed at [F] one day,
[Gm] You traveled [Bb] way far [Eb]
away,
[Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] Oh, Dana, my [F] dear,
[Gm] How I wish that [Bb] my Dana [Eb] was here,
[Gm] Little Dana O [Bb]'Hara, [Eb] I sighed at [F] one day,
[Gm] You traveled [Bb] way far [Eb]
away,
[Gm]
It's the [Bb] end [Eb]
of [F] December,
[Gm]
[Bb] Access [Eb]
unknown,
[Gm]
[Bb] No [Eb] such number,
[F] [Gm]
Oh, [Bb] no [Eb]
such room,
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ Dana, my darling, [D] I'm writing to [Em] you,
[G] Cause your father passed away, it [Am] was a beautiful _
[Em] day,
And [Am] I don't want to bother you [Em] _ anymore,
_ I [G] used to hope you'd come back,
_ _ [D] Not _ anymore, Dana,
[Em] The eyes might have betrayed me,
_ [D] But I [Em] have seen _ [G] your picture on the cover [Am] of a filthy [Em] magazine,
_ And [Am] I think my heart just cannot _ [Em] handle that,
_ _ _ [G] _ Dana, my darling, [D] would be so _ glad,
[C] Be so [D] _ _
[C] glad, _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ Dana, my darling, [D] I'm writing to [Em] you,
Cause your [G] mother passed away, it [A] was a really [Em] rainy day,
[Am] And I didn't mean to bother [Em] you anymore,
Your mother [G] wished to come visit your [D] _ father's grave,
Dana, [Em] your father _ disowned you, [D] cause you have [Em] sinned,
[G]
But he did forgive you [Am] in condition he [Em] was ill,
[Am] And I hope you won't do those [Em] things _ anymore,
_ _ [G]
Dana, my darling, I'm [D] waiting for [Em] little Dana [G] O'Hara,
[C] Oh, Dana, [D] my dear, [Em] how I wish [G] my Dana was [C]
here,
_ _ _ [Em] Little Dana [G] O'Hara, [C] I sighed at [D] one day,
[Em] You traveled [G] way far [C]
away,
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
No, you can't surprise [Em] me anymore,
_ Oh, [C] _
_ _ I've seen [G] it all before,
_ [Am] _
_ But it seems I [Em] cannot let you _ _ go,
[D] _
Dana, _ Dana, _ Dana, _ Dana,
[Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
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And I think that [D] I told you,
_ _ [C] _
_ I'd wait for [Em] you forever, _ _ _ _
Now I know someone [D] else is holding you,
So [C] for the first time in my _ life,
_ [G] I [Am] must lie so still,
_ [G]
Miss that I am ill,
_ [C]
Love is not [D] that thing I [E] feel [Am] now,
I promise you I [G]
won't cry it again,
Till [C] the sun sets [E] behind your [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [F] grave,
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ Oh, Dana, _ [D] _
I [Em] _ _ _ [G]
heard you passed away,
It [A] was a beautiful [Em] day,
[A] I am old and I feel time [Em] will come for me, _ _
[G] _ Diaries, pages [D] are full of me,
[Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] Oh, Dana, [F] my dear,
[Gm] How I wish that [Bb] my Dana [Eb] was here,
_ _ _ [Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] I sighed at [F] one day,
[Gm] You traveled [Bb] way far [Eb]
away,
_ _ _ [Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] Oh, Dana, my [F] dear,
[Gm] How I wish that [Bb] my Dana [Eb] was here,
_ _ [Gm] Little Dana O [Bb]'Hara, [Eb] I sighed at [F] one day,
[Gm] You traveled [Bb] way far [Eb] _
away,
_ _ _ [Gm] _
It's the [Bb] end [Eb]
of _ [F] _ December,
[Gm] _
_ _ [Bb] Access _ [Eb] _
unknown,
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Bb] No [Eb] such number,
[F] _ _ _ [Gm]
Oh, _ [Bb] _ no [Eb]
such _ _ _ _ _ _ room, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ Dana, my darling, [D] I'm writing to [Em] you,
[G] Cause your father passed away, it [Am] was a beautiful _
[Em] day,
And [Am] I don't want to bother you [Em] _ anymore,
_ I [G] used to hope you'd come back,
_ _ [D] Not _ anymore, Dana,
[Em] The eyes might have betrayed me,
_ [D] But I [Em] have seen _ [G] your picture on the cover [Am] of a filthy [Em] magazine,
_ And [Am] I think my heart just cannot _ [Em] handle that,
_ _ _ [G] _ Dana, my darling, [D] would be so _ glad,
[C] Be so [D] _ _
[C] glad, _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ Dana, my darling, [D] I'm writing to [Em] you,
Cause your [G] mother passed away, it [A] was a really [Em] rainy day,
[Am] And I didn't mean to bother [Em] you anymore,
Your mother [G] wished to come visit your [D] _ father's grave,
Dana, [Em] your father _ disowned you, [D] cause you have [Em] sinned,
[G]
But he did forgive you [Am] in condition he [Em] was ill,
[Am] And I hope you won't do those [Em] things _ anymore,
_ _ [G]
Dana, my darling, I'm [D] waiting for [Em] little Dana [G] O'Hara,
[C] Oh, Dana, [D] my dear, [Em] how I wish [G] my Dana was [C]
here,
_ _ _ [Em] Little Dana [G] O'Hara, [C] I sighed at [D] one day,
[Em] You traveled [G] way far [C]
away,
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
No, you can't surprise [Em] me anymore,
_ Oh, [C] _
_ _ I've seen [G] it all before,
_ [Am] _
_ But it seems I [Em] cannot let you _ _ go,
[D] _
Dana, _ Dana, _ Dana, _ Dana,
[Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
And I think that [D] I told you,
_ _ [C] _
_ I'd wait for [Em] you forever, _ _ _ _
Now I know someone [D] else is holding you,
So [C] for the first time in my _ life,
_ [G] I [Am] must lie so still,
_ [G]
Miss that I am ill,
_ [C]
Love is not [D] that thing I [E] feel [Am] now,
I promise you I [G]
won't cry it again,
Till [C] the sun sets [E] behind your [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [F] grave,
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ Oh, Dana, _ [D] _
I [Em] _ _ _ [G]
heard you passed away,
It [A] was a beautiful [Em] day,
[A] I am old and I feel time [Em] will come for me, _ _
[G] _ Diaries, pages [D] are full of me,
[Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] Oh, Dana, [F] my dear,
[Gm] How I wish that [Bb] my Dana [Eb] was here,
_ _ _ [Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] I sighed at [F] one day,
[Gm] You traveled [Bb] way far [Eb]
away,
_ _ _ [Gm] Little Dana [Bb] O'Hara, [Eb] Oh, Dana, my [F] dear,
[Gm] How I wish that [Bb] my Dana [Eb] was here,
_ _ [Gm] Little Dana O [Bb]'Hara, [Eb] I sighed at [F] one day,
[Gm] You traveled [Bb] way far [Eb] _
away,
_ _ _ [Gm] _
It's the [Bb] end [Eb]
of _ [F] _ December,
[Gm] _
_ _ [Bb] Access _ [Eb] _
unknown,
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Bb] No [Eb] such number,
[F] _ _ _ [Gm]
Oh, _ [Bb] _ no [Eb]
such _ _ _ _ _ _ room, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _