Chords for The Incredible String Band - The Letter - Woodstock

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[Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] I started rubbing my [D] eyes when I heard the birds talk.
[F] You'd hate to see, [D] you're gonna have to take [G] a walk.
But nothing has much power to make me rise.
As [F] a spokesman bringing a thorny surprise.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] Here it comes, _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] here it comes.
_ _ _ [D] Too much, I've got a letter, [Am] I'd better get out of [F]
bed.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] I said, _ then I pulled the [Bb] covers right up to my [Em] nose.
[F] I thought, well a letter [E] might be four rows.
[G] Her mother, she writes [G] very regularly.
Mr.
[F] Spokesman, have you got a letter for me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ Mr.
Harrum?
[G] Yes I have, _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
yes I have.
_ _ Too [D] much, I've got a [A] letter, I'd better [C] get out [F] of bed.
_ Came from _ [Am] Maria, _ Chicago, Illinois.
_ Now I never have met her, but [Bb] she [D] sounds sweet like a flower.
[F] Growing [Bb] on a rubbish heap, [G] she's got a lot of things around her.
She's got a sort of, but [Dm] _ she's gonna [F] make it and I have no doubt.
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Neither has [G] she, _ _ _ _ _ _ not [F] _ Maria. _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ Maria, the plane that brought [F] your [C] letter, must have felt a [G] little bit lighter.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] And the air hostess's words must have felt [C] brighter, bringing your letter [G] over the sea.
_ _ _ _ [F] And the pilot [Am] was your office, _ [F] singing a song [Am] for you. _ _
[Bb] Maria, I'm [C] singing, [Bb] hear me [C] singing, I'll be [Bb] your [F] office too. _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
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[Em] And by the time you [Bb] hear this [F] song, _ [C] your troubles [Bb] will be [F]
gone.
And [C] you'll be [Bb] left with [F] what's shining through, your [C] letter to [F]
you.
[C] By the time you [Bb] hear this [F] song, _ [C] your troubles [Bb] will be [F] gone.
_ [C] And you'll be [Bb] left with what's [F] shining through, your [C] letter _ [F] to you.
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Maria, the plane that brought [F] your [C] letter, must have felt a little [G] bit lighter.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] And the air hostess's words must have [F] felt [C] brighter, bringing your letter [G]
over the sea.
_ _ _ And the [Am] pilot was your office, _
[F] singing a [Am] song for you.
_ [C]
Maria, [Bb] I'm singing, [C] hear [Bb] me singing, [C] I'll be [Bb] your [F] office too. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
And [C] by the time you [Bb] hear this [F]
song, your [C] troubles [Gm] will be [F]
gone.
And [C] you'll be [Bb] left with [F] what's shining through, your [C] letter to [F] you.
_ By [C] the time you [Bb] hear [F] this song, _ [C] your troubles [Bb] will be [F]
gone.
And [C] you'll be [Bb] left with [F] what's shining through, your letter [C] _ to [F] you.
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