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Letter   (Xavier Rudd)
Easier version. Just repeat  Em   C   D  Em  
[Verse 1]
EmI I sit by my Cwindow
With Deverything I've Emdone
EmDoors that I've Dopened
And Cwebs that I've Emspun
And the Emcandle beCside me
it Dburns to the Emleft
and the Emrain on the Dclay
sends the Clizard to it's Emnest
will Emthere be a Ctime
when I will Dhold you Emagain?
With my Emarms spread Dout
My cChest you'll Emrest
And I'll Emwrite you a Cletter
With Deverything I Emknow
’bout the Emweight of the Dworld
And the Cway things could Emgo
[Chorus]
So live Emup my Cfriend
Step Dback agaEmin
For Emsome things will be Dgiven
For Csome you'll have to Embend
You’ ll have to Embend my Cfriend
To hold Don to tEmhis
For Emsome things will come Deasy
And Csome will be a Emtest
You’ll have to EmbendC  D  Em  
Em D C Em
Now the Emocean connects Cme
To Deverything I Emknow
I’m Emmellowing my Dmind
So my Cheart, it can Emcall
With these Emtrees as my Cwitness
I'll Dslice up some Emfruit
And Emeach to their Dpeaceful
good inCtentions and Emtruth
There will Embe a timeC  
when I'll Dhold you agEmain
With my Emarms spread Dout
I will Cdive right Emin
[Verse 2]
So now Emhere is your Cletter
With Deverything I Emknow
’Bout the Emweight of the Dworld
And the Cway things could Emgo
[Chorus]
So live Emup my Cfriend
Step Dback agaEmin
For Emsome things will be Dgiven
For Csome you'll have to Embend
You’ ll have to Embend my Cfriend
To hold Don to tEmhis
For Emsome things will come Deasy
And Csome will be a Emtest
You’ll have to EmbendC  D  Em  
Em D C Em
Now the Emocean connects Cme
To Deverything I Emknow
I’m Emmellowing my Dmind
So my Cheart, it can Emcall
With these Emtrees as my Cwitness
I'll Dslice up some Emfruit
And Emeach to their Dpeaceful
good inCtentions and Emtruth
There will Embe a timeC  
when I'll Dhold you agEmain
With my Emarms spread Dout
I will Cdive right Emin 
So now Emhere is your Cletter
with Deverything i Emknow
'bout the Emweight of the Dworld 
and the Cway things could Emgo

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The Letter

by Xavier Rudd

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Letter (Xavier Rudd)

Em C D Em

Easier version. Just repeat

[Verse 1]

Em C

I I sit by my window

D Em

With everything I've done

Em D

Doors that I've opened

C Em

And webs that I've spun

Em C

And the candle beside me

D Em

it burns to the left

Em D

and the rain on the clay

C Em

sends the lizard to it's nest

Em C

will there be a time

D Em

when I will hold you again?

Em D

With my arms spread out

C Em

My chest you'll rest

Em C

And I'll write you a letter

D Em

With everything I know

Em D

’bout the weight of the world

C Em

And the way things could go

[Chorus]

Em C

So live up my friend

D Em

Step back again

Em D

For some things will be given

C Em

For some you'll have to bend

Em C

You’ ll have to bend my friend

D Em

To hold on to this

Em D

For some things will come easy

C Em

And some will be a test

Em C D Em

You’ll have to bend

Em D C Em

Em C

Now the ocean connects me

D Em

To everything I know

Em D

I’m mellowing my mind

C Em

So my heart, it can call

Em C

With these trees as my witness

D Em

I'll slice up some fruit

Em D

And each to their peaceful

C Em

good intentions and truth

Em C

There will be a time

D Em

when I'll hold you again

Em D

With my arms spread out

C Em

I will dive right in

[Verse 2]

Em C

So now here is your letter

D Em

With everything I know

Em D

’Bout the weight of the world

C Em

And the way things could go

[Chorus]

Em C

So live up my friend

D Em

Step back again

Em D

For some things will be given

C Em

For some you'll have to bend

Em C

You’ ll have to bend my friend

D Em

To hold on to this

Em D

For some things will come easy

C Em

And some will be a test

Em C D Em

You’ll have to bend

Em D C Em

Em C

Now the ocean connects me

D Em

To everything I know

Em D

I’m mellowing my mind

C Em

So my heart, it can call

Em C

With these trees as my witness

D Em

I'll slice up some fruit

Em D

And each to their peaceful

C Em

good intentions and truth

Em C

There will be a time

D Em

when I'll hold you again

Em D

With my arms spread out

C Em

I will dive right in

Em C

So now here is your letter

D Em

with everything i know

Em D

'bout the weight of the world

C Em

and the way things could go

About The Letter Chords by Xavier Rudd

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