Chords for The Truth about "The Letter"

A lot's been said about the letter and I wanted to explain what really happened.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb]
The story of the letter takes place _ _ in what [D] was Elvis' last engagement at the Las Vegas
Hill _ in December of 1976.
_ _ Elvis kept a notepad by his bed and _ sometimes he would write down his thoughts _ and he wrote
the words that are in the song of the letter.
_ After Elvis wrote down the words on the note, _ _ _ he [F] got down beside the bed and he kneeled
down and _ _ he started to pray. _
And tears were streaming down his face.
He was very sad and distraught.
_ _ _ _ [F] And he reached over and grabbed a picture of Lisa Marie and Priscilla. _ _
You know, he was in the room by himself.
You know, of course the guys were outside.
[N] _ _ He was by himself in his own moment. _
[D] _ _ _ _ And as he was there crying and praying, because he was real upset, and at that [Bb] moment the _ _
_ guys _ [N] let the cleaning lady in.
_ They didn't realize he was deep in _ what he was involved in.
They let the cleaning lady in and she seen that he was praying and crying and she didn't
want to disturb him.
_ _ So she left the room.
_ _ Not to upset him any more than he already was.
_ _ She left. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ As she left, she went down the hallway and started cleaning another room. _ _
_ _ _ _ Elvis got done doing what he was doing, praying and thinking and soul searching and crying.
[Ab] _ _ _ [D] And then he threw _ what he had wrote in _ the waste paper basket, _ _ crumbled it up and threw
it down, threw it in there.
_ _ _ He got himself together.
[F] He got himself back to being Elvis.
_ Being the guy he was.
[Gb] _ You know, put himself together.
[D] _ And he left.
_ And as he left, he had realized that the cleaning lady had come in.
_ She had come into the room.
He knew she was there, but he didn't acknowledge it. _ _ _
He walked by her.
He tapped her on the shoulder and said, thank you. _ _ _ _ _ _
He was saying thank you for not _ _ interrupting me at that moment.
He said thank you. _
And after Elvis said thank you to her _ and walked down the hallway, _ _ _ _ _
[F] she then finished
up the room she was cleaning.
She went back into the room where Elvis had been staying.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ She was cleaning the [F] room and she went around to where the table was and she looked in the
waste paper [N] basket and seen a crumbled up piece of paper. _ _
In curiosity, Mary reached in and when she did, she realized _ _ _ [F] that Elvis had wrote many
words [Gb] on this piece of paper.
_ [Fm] _ _ And the words that he [D] wrote on this piece of paper were _ [Gb] _
the words that's in the song,
the letter. _ _
And [Dm] that's the true story of what happened.
_ [B] _ _
And that's how the letter came [Eb] about.
And that's how the song was [D] made.
_ So when she got the letter, _ _ in time, _ _ _ _ _ it ended up in an auction.
_ _ And a guy who'd [F] been in Vegas since he was a young guy, a young man, had been in Vegas
for many, many, many, many [N] years, a big fan of Elvis himself.
Wade Newton was so moved by the words in the letter [D] and what he had read that he purchased
it at the auction. _ _ _
_ _ He then wrote a song _ _ _ _ around the words that were written in that letter [F] that Elvis had wrote.
_ [N] Guys, that's what happened _ _ when he wrote that letter. _
_ _ You know, it's not really a letter.
It's more like what he was feeling at that time. _
He felt the world was coming down on him.
And the words in that song _ _ _ is what he wrote.
That's how he felt at that moment. _ _
I just [F] wanted to clear that up for [Gb] you guys so you know [N] exactly what happened.
_ So you're not getting the false information from everyone.
That's _ exactly what happened _ the day he wrote the letter.
_ I just thought I'd let you all know what really happened.
Thank you all so very much.
_ Wayne wrote one of my biggest hits. _
He did.
_ _ Wayne wrote one of my biggest hits, the letter. _ _ _ _ _
The Elvis letter, you know.
_ He wrote it first.
_ _ After I wrote it, tore it up, _ watered it up, threw it away. _ _ _
And _ [Bb] he picked it out of my trash can, [A] allegedly.
_ _ Somebody did. _ _ _
Somebody picked it out of my trash can, allegedly. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And they said that,
_ Poor old Elvis, look at him, he's a right mess.
I wanted to go [N] home and everything else.
He's very down.
I wanted everybody to get out of there.
He was in a sad shape.
The truth is, it was just song lyrics, man.
I was just singing him a song, you know. _
_ Those of you who know me best know I'm just teasing.
I'm not Elvis, but I'm just sort of playing his part for a few minutes.
_ _ But, you know, it was just song lyrics, you know.
_ [Bb] _ That's all. _
_ Just writing song lyrics, trying to [Em] figure out how they might go together.
I wrote a whole song with it. _ _
Got disgusted with it and watered it up, threw it [A] away.
_ Like most writers.
A lot of writers have written probably masterpieces, watered them up, threw them away.
Thought nobody would like them.
[Eb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] I feel so alone sometimes. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ The night is quiet for me. _ _
[Fm] _ _ I'd [Bb] love to be able to sleep. _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ I am glad [G] that everyone is gone [Am] now.
_ [G] _
[Cm] I'll probably [Bb] not rest [Ab] tonight. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] I have no need for all of [Bb] this.
_ _ [Eb] Help me, Lord. _