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1/64

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 64Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Nasty Letter - Otis Taylor
(Here are the basic Chords and rythm to riff off of to play this song.)
v= Strum down
^= Strum up
Tuning:Standard
  Dmv v^v v v^v v^v^ v v^v v v^v v^v^| etc.
e|1-111-1-111-1111-1-111-1-111-1111|
B|3-333-3-333-3333-3-333-3-333-3333|
G|2-222-2-222-2222-2-222-2-222-2222|
D|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|
A|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|
E|---------------------------------|
Ce|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|
B|1-111-1-111-1111-1-111-1-111-1111|
G|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|
D|2-222-2-222-2222-2-222-2-222-2222|
A|3-333-3-333-3333-3-333-3-333-3333|
E|---------------------------------|
Ge|3-333-3-333-3333-3-33G/C3-3-333-3333|
B|3-333-3-333-3333-3-333-3-333-3333|
G|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|
D|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-2-222-2222|
A|2-222-2-222-2222-2-222-3-333-3333|
E|3-333-3-333-3333-3-333-0-000-0000|
Dme|1-111-1-111-1111-1-111-1-111-1111|
B|3-333-3-333-3333-3-333-3-333-3333|
G|2-222-2-222-2222-2-222-2-222-2222|
D|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|
A|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|
E|---------------------------------|
   DmSomebody wrote me a nasty leCtter, But they 
Gdidn't  sign           G/Ctheir   Dmname
   DmI think I know, I know who  Cwrote it Well, I recog-
Gnize,  recognize       G/Cthat    Dmhand
DmIts getting warm         Oh so Cwarm  So 
G                       G\C    Dm 
warm            On a winters   day
 DmI'm reading bacCkwards, reading baGckwards On G/Cthis pagDme 
DmHoping to defend And whCatever comes I've been wGrongly, wG/Crongly aDmccused
Dmbeen wrong, I've been Cwrongly, I've been wGrongly, wrG/Congly aDmccused

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Nasty Letter

by Otis Taylor

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G/C

Nasty Letter - Otis Taylor

(Here are the basic Chords and rythm to riff off of to play this song.)

v= Strum down

^= Strum up

Tuning:Standard

v v^v v v^v v^v^ v v^v v v^v v^v^| etc.

e|1-111-1-111-1111-1-111-1-111-1111|

B|3-333-3-333-3333-3-333-3-333-3333|

G|2-222-2-222-2222-2-222-2-222-2222|

D|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|

A|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|

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

e|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|

B|1-111-1-111-1111-1-111-1-111-1111|

G|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|

D|2-222-2-222-2222-2-222-2-222-2222|

A|3-333-3-333-3333-3-333-3-333-3333|

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

G G/C

e|3-333-3-333-3333-3-333-3-333-3333|

B|3-333-3-333-3333-3-333-3-333-3333|

G|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|

D|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-2-222-2222|

A|2-222-2-222-2222-2-222-3-333-3333|

E|3-333-3-333-3333-3-333-0-000-0000|

e|1-111-1-111-1111-1-111-1-111-1111|

B|3-333-3-333-3333-3-333-3-333-3333|

G|2-222-2-222-2222-2-222-2-222-2222|

D|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|

A|0-000-0-000-0000-0-000-0-000-0000|

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

Dm C

Somebody wrote me a nasty letter, But they

G G/C Dm

didn't sign their name

Dm C

I think I know, I know who wrote it Well, I recog-

G G/C Dm

nize, recognize that hand

Dm C

Its getting warm Oh so warm So

G G\C Dm

warm On a winters day

Dm C G G/C Dm

I'm reading backwards, reading backwards On this page

Dm C G G/C Dm

Hoping to defend And whatever comes I've been wrongly, wrongly accused

Dm C G G/C Dm

been wrong, I've been wrongly, I've been wrongly, wrongly accused

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