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The Letter - Oneside
Intro         C      F      GCx2
Cwell i was shakin down your lonely road
Ffrom the first time, stepped to your door
Gi said excuse me baby, if I lose coCntrol
CStay for a while now, stay til the sun goes
Fdown
Gsun goes up, rollCing into town
CSend me a letter, send me a photograph
Ftalk about the good times and make me laugh
Gjust don’t tell me I’m going down the wrong Cpath
CLook to the ocean baby it’s deep and wide
FBetween the devil and the rising tide
GAnd we grab some sand and threw it in his Ceye
SOLO
    C      F      G   Cx2
CLord won’t you help me I think I’m going
FDown
GGot my hands all over your sunday gCown
CI know one thing in this world is true
FI’d do anything that you want me to and
Git’s such a shame that, if you only kCnew
SOLO
    C      F      G   Cx2
CWrite it down, you’re on your own
Fnow
GAint nobody gonna show you hCow
CI know one thing in this world is true
FI’d do anything that you want me to and
Git’s such a shame that, if you only knCew
    C      F      G[mutey-staccato instrumental thing]
SOLO
    C      F      G   Cx2    End on C  
Basic banjo riff, everything basically pentatonic off  Cso far as I can tell
e----8-5----8-8-5--------------------------------------------|
B---------8--------8-5---------------------------------------|
G-5---------------------5------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

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The Letter

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The Letter - Oneside

C F G

Intro Cx2

well i was shakin down your lonely road

from the first time, stepped to your door

G C

i said excuse me baby, if I lose control

Stay for a while now, stay til the sun goes

down

G C

sun goes up, rolling into town

Send me a letter, send me a photograph

talk about the good times and make me laugh

G C

just don’t tell me I’m going down the wrong path

Look to the ocean baby it’s deep and wide

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

Lord won’t you help me I think I’m going

Down

G C

Got my hands all over your sunday gown

I know one thing in this world is true

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

Write it down, you’re on your own

now

G C

Aint nobody gonna show you how

I know one thing in this world is true

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 C

x2 End on

Basic banjo riff, everything basically pentatonic off so far as I can tell

e----8-5----8-8-5--------------------------------------------|

B---------8--------8-5---------------------------------------|

G-5---------------------5------------------------------------|

D------------------------------------------------------------|

A------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------|

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