{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1827115,"song":"Why Write A Letter That Youll Never Send","artist":"The Drones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11403480-why-write-a-letter-that-youll-never-send-chords-by-the-drones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1827115?type=chord","rating":4.59004,"votes":3,"content":"[ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]G#7[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1] \r\n[tab]    [ch]G#m[/ch]    \r\nWe don't write letters any more[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nthere ain't the time or place[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nbut a friend mine wrote something like [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\na letter yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nIt was smuggled through my inbox[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\njust this morning, 3am[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nmore impotent than important[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut let me read it now, verbatim [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nHe say's \"I got that same old feeling[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nthe one that turns the birds to brutes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nthe sky is like a bad dream [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand the Earth is in cahoots[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nI don't believe no one no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nI don't care what no one say's[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI just wanna make the world [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\na much less painful place[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWe look fonder on the good old days[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nas they drift further away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nbut why if everyone feels so homesick[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nare they always setting sail?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n'Cause it's all bad news up there on deck[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nand each headland masks the next [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI'd just as soon dive in the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand forego the blood and sweat[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nForego all aspirations[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nthey just put everyone at odds[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nif idle hands are the devil's work[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthen where's the time for God's?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Prechorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd why write a letter that you'll never send away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G#m[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhy won't you stay with me, wait and see[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]              \r\nall you need know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nnobody's perfect and their needs are always stark[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nstay with me, wait you'll see[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nall you need know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\neverybody's hurting and their needs are always stark[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nstay with me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nstay (with me)[/tab]\r\n[ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd who cares about wars of choice in lands[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nwhere states indulge their passions[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nand all the new shoots just jackbootscoot[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nall dissent out of fashion[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nLike Fred Astaires' at a film premier [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nthat is all about them[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nit's stirring stuff, transformative[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthey don't care where they're sent[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThey're all kiss chasing childish[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\ndreams of privileged masculinity[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n'till they're spent by shock and discharged [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhome to small town and big city[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThe rest are the type left dying or dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nfrom trying to be useful[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nthey've been handy in the years gone by[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand they'll be handy in the future[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd who cares for their survival[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nand who cares about the Yanks[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nwho cares if they get overrun[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nby Chinese nukes and tanks[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWho cares about the holocaust[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nman we didn't learn nothing there[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nand all it's memory does is[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nkeep the History Channel on air[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWho cares about the Vatican[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nman everybody knows[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nand who's surprised they went and[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nchose a nazi for a pope?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWho cares about fakes like anarchists[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nman they never want to dance[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nlet's mambo Mogadishu[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\ngive anarchy a chance[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nI'm saying life is cruel, you know it's true[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nbut all sides still try and recruit you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nfor shangri-las as practical [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nas doing the karma sutra[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Prechorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwhy write a letter that you'll never send away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nwhy won't you stay with me, wait and see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nall you need know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nnobody's perfect and their needs are always stark [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nstay with me, wait you'll see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nall you need know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dsus2[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\neverybody skirts the fact their needs are always stark [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nstay with me[/tab]\r\n[ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd who cares if the starving millions[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nknow if it's christmas or your birthday[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nor what movie stars in Africa[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nor the guy from U2 says[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nOr all the statesmen never telling [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nlies as truth or gospel[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nwho cares what's true or false [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe truth's the world won't go to hospital [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nBut who needs to live forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nwho needs the extra miles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nwe won't need bees or seed banks[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nin the Arctic for a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWe play the game to start again [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nnot to better life for all[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nit's the appropriate opiate[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen a better way's impossible[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nSome honesty now wouldn't go astray[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nif not, then what's the use?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nwe're animals, we can't help doing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhat all animals do[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nSo goodbye my friend, i'm hitting send[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nforgive me talking straight[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI'm only trying to make the world [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\na much less painful place [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd why write a letter that you'll never send away?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\naway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\naway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\naway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#7[/ch]\r\naway[/tab]\r\naway","plain_text":"G#m G#7 C#m C (x2)\n\n[Verse 1] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Prechorus]\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDsus2\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Prechorus]\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDsus2\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\naway","chords":["G#m","G#7","C#m","C","D","E","F#m","Dsus2","D7","A","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}