The Letter

The Box Tops

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        A --------2--------3--2--
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Am                    F          G                        D
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane, ain't got time to take a fast train
Am                    F                    E                      Am
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home, my baby just-a wrote me a letter
Am                            F            G                  D
I don't care how much money I gotta spend, got to get back to baby again
Am                    F                    E                      Am
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home, my baby just-a wrote me a letter

          C          G                F         C       G
Well, she wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live without me no more
C              G               F          C          G
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby once-a more
E7
 Anyway, yeah!

Am                    F          G                        D
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane, ain't got time to take a fast train
Am                    F                    E                      Am
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home, my baby just-a wrote me a letter

          C          G                F         C       G
Well, she wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live without me no more
C              G               F          C          G
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby once-a more
E7
 Anyway, yeah!

Am                    F          G                        D
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane, ain't got time to take a fast train
Am                    F                    E                      Am
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home, my baby just-a wrote me a letter
   E                       Am
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

| C# G# | F# C# | G# | G# | (repeat and fade)