{"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":2393279,"song":"Tear Stained Letter","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2393279-tear-stained-letter-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2393279?type=chord","rating":4.55143,"votes":15,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm going to write a tear stained letter[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm going to mail it straight to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm going to bring back to your mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhat you said about always being true[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAbout our secret hiding places[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeing daily satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can see you sitting and reading it[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile you hang, you head and cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI just hope you're not so sad[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou're going to go down suicide[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm going to write a tear stained letter[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPut it special delivery[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBecause it's gonna be full of stuff[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat's only known to you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAbout how every time I get turned on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou turn me off and bring me down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt'll be about the darkest news[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat ever did arrive in your hometown[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt'll be about the saddest thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYour mailman ever did bring around[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm going to write a tear stained letter[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm going to tell you one more time[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat you still could reconsider[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd come back to being mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if you think about what I'm saying[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt'd be hard to refuse[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust be sure you think a long time[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the answer that you choose[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt will be a most important piece[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf personal, private news[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm going to write a tear stained letter[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMark it \"Personal Private News\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I hope you'll keep it to yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd don't go around crying the blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGiving off a bad impression[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs to what went really wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen what it was, was that suddenly[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe music was all gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd this man and this woman got cut off[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the middle of our song[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm going to write a tear stained letter[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm going to put it to a tune[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I'll be sending with it[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA sweet melody for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd not some red-hot, upbeat zinger[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat'll set your body on fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut a hunk of love included[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMeant to take you a little higher[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd to settle on your sweet, sweet mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt night when you retire[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                            End on [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm going to write a tear stained letter[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD\n\n[Verse]\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","G","E7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}