{title: The letter}
{artist: Joe Cocker}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 92}
{key: Bbm}
{duration: 4:17}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Bbm]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[Bbm] give me a ticket for an [Gb7]aeroplane
[Bbm] I ain't got time to [Eb7]take no fast train
[Bbm] oh, the lonely [Db/Ab]days are gone, [Gdim] I'm coming [Gb7]home
[F7] my baby, she wrote me a letter [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb] [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[Bbm] I don't care how much I've [Gb7]got to spend
[Bbm] I'm gonna find my [Eb7]way back home again
[Bbm] oh, the lonely [Db/Ab]days are gone, [Gdim] I'm coming [Gb7]home
[F7] my baby, she wrote me a letter [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb] [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Bridge}
she [Db]wrote me a [Ab]letter, [Gb]said she couldn't [Db]live with[Ab]out me no more
[Db] listen to me, [Ab]mister, [Gb]can't you see I've [Db]gotta see my [Ab]baby once more?
[F7] anyway
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[Bbm] I don't care how much I've [Gb7]got to spend
[Bbm] I'm gonna find my way back [Eb7]home again
[Bbm] oh, the lonely [Db/Ab]days are gone, [Gdim] I'm coming [Gb7]home
[F7] my baby, she wrote me a letter [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb] [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: Solo 1}
[Bbm] [Gb7]
[Bbm] [Eb7]
[Bbm] [Db/Ab] [Gdim] [Gb7]
[F7] [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb] [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Solo 2}
[Bbm] [Gb7]
[Bbm] [Eb7]
[Bbm] [Db/Ab] [Gdim] [Gb7]
[F7] [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb] [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Bridge}
she [Db]wrote me a [Ab]letter, [Gb]said she couldn't [Db]live with[Ab]out me no more
[Db] listen to me, [Ab]mister, [Gb]can't you see I've [Db]gotta see my [Ab]baby once more?
[F7] anyway
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[Bbm] give me a ticket for an [Gb7]aeroplane
[Bbm] I ain't got time to [Eb7]take no fast train
[Bbm] oh, the lonely [Db/Ab]days are gone, [Gdim] I'm coming [Gb7]home
[F7] my baby, she wrote me a letter [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb] [Bbm] [-] [Db] [-] [Eb]
{end_of_verse}