The Letter - Oneside
Intro C F G Cx2
C
well i was shakin down your lonely road
F
from the first time, stepped to your door
G C
i said excuse me baby, if I lose control
C
Stay for a while now, stay til the sun goes
F
down
G C
sun goes up, rolling into town
C
Send me a letter, send me a photograph
F
talk about the good times and make me laugh
G C
just don’t tell me I’m going down the wrong path
C
Look to the ocean baby it’s deep and wide
F
Between the devil and the rising tide
G C
And we grab some sand and threw it in his eye
SOLO
C F G C x2
C
Lord won’t you help me I think I’m going
F
Down
G C
Got my hands all over your sunday gown
C
I know one thing in this world is true
F
I’d do anything that you want me to and
G C
it’s such a shame that, if you only knew
SOLO
C F G C x2
C
Write it down, you’re on your own
F
now
G C
Aint nobody gonna show you how
C
I know one thing in this world is true
F
I’d do anything that you want me to and
G C
it’s such a shame that, if you only knew
C F G [mutey-staccato instrumental thing]
SOLO
C F G C x2 End on C
Basic banjo riff, everything basically pentatonic off C so far as I can tell
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