Biografía:
Procedentes de Memphis, Tennessee, los Box Tops estaban originalmente formados por Alex Chilton (voz solista y guitarra), Bill Cunningham (bajo, teclados y coros), John Evans (guitarra, teclados y coros), Danny Smythe (batería) y Gary Talley (guitarra y coros).
En agosto de 1967 (en pleno “verano del amor”) editan su primer single “The Letter”, el cual alcanza el nº 1 en las listas de USA donde permanecerá durante 4 semanas y del cual se llegan a vender más de 4 millones de copias .
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¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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[Verse]
Am F
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
G D
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.
[Verse]
Am F
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
G D
Got to get back to my baby again
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.
[Chorus]
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter
F C G
Said she couldn't live without me no mo'.
C G F C
Listen mister can't you see I got to get back
G E E7
To my baby once a-mo'--anyway...
[Verse]
Am F
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
G D
Got to get back to my baby again
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.
[Chorus]
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter
F C G
Said she couldn't live without me no mo'.
C G F C
Listen mister can't you see I got to get back
G E E7
To my baby once a-mo'--anyway...
[Verse]
Am F
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
G D
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.
E7 Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.
[Outro]
C# G# D#m C# G#
C# G# D#m C# G#
C# G# D#m C# G#
[Verse]
Am F
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
G D
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.
[Verse]
Am F
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
G D
Got to get back to my baby again
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.
[Chorus]
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter
F C G
Said she couldn't live without me no mo'.
C G F C
Listen mister can't you see I got to get back
G E E7
To my baby once a-mo'--anyway...
[Verse]
Am F
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
G D
Got to get back to my baby again
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.
[Chorus]
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter
F C G
Said she couldn't live without me no mo'.
C G F C
Listen mister can't you see I got to get back
G E E7
To my baby once a-mo'--anyway...
[Verse]
Am F
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane,
G D
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Am F
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home,
E7 Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.
E7 Am
My baby just wrote me a letter.
[Outro]
C# G# D#m C# G#
C# G# D#m C# G#
C# G# D#m C# G#
The Broken Circl (...)
The Broken Famil (...)
The Brothers Fou (...)
The Buckinghams
The Bucky Walter (...)
The Cardboard Sw (...)
The Cardigans
The Careful Ones
The Carpenters
The Cars