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Love Letter Boxes

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F#m F#m Dmaj9/F#
ESoAmething F#m'bout the F#mwhiteness of the Dmaj9/F#phone
Something F#m'bout the E6Genius Dof AModern F#mMusiE6cD  
DHow can I think
DHow can I F#mfail E6yoDu?
[Verse]
DSomething F#m'bout the distance to the Dmaj7/F#nerve
DSomething F#m'bout white E6hands of Dfate I Adon't deF#mserveE6  D  
DThe bedroom ghosts
DHow I long to F#mslee-E6eepD  
DPerchance to drown
DWe have been F#mold toEgether
[Chorus]
ANo inside joke, thE7is I won't toleCrate
I see you Dclearly
CAh, E7love Gletter Aboxes
All in faCvor E7say
GI will Ablindly follow the Cring E7a--Ground
AThe positive CsignE7  G  A  
[Verse]
Something F#m'bout the history of the Dmaj7/F#Jews
BeautiF#mful one E6don't read Dtoo much Ainto F#mcluu-E6uesD  
DPlease shake the hand of the velvet F#mgloveE6  D  
Whose fingerprints glow in the F#mdark
And E6reveal Dcrimes both Abrave and Bmstrange
[Chorus]
AI cannot teach you E7how to tell the Ctruth
Even if it Dhits you
CAh, E7love Gletter Aboxes
All in faCvor E7say
GI will Ablindly follow the Cring E7aroGund
AThe positive Csign E7[xG6]A  

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Love Letter Boxes

by The Posies

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Dmaj9/F#

Dmaj7/F#

F#m F#m Dmaj9/F#

E A F#m F#m Dmaj9/F#

Something 'bout the whiteness of the phone

F#m E6 D A F#m E6 D

Something 'bout the Genius of Modern Music

How can I think

D F#m E6 D

How can I fail you?

[Verse]

D F#m Dmaj7/F#

Something 'bout the distance to the nerve

D F#m E6 D A F#m E6 D

Something 'bout white hands of fate I don't deserve

The bedroom ghosts

D F#m E6 D

How I long to slee-eep

Perchance to drown

D F#m E

We have been old together

[Chorus]

A E7 C

No inside joke, this I won't tolerate

I see you clearly

C E7 G A

Ah, love letter boxes

C E7

All in favor say

G A C E7 G

I will blindly follow the ring a--round

A C E7 G A

The positive sign

[Verse]

F#m Dmaj7/F#

Something 'bout the history of the Jews

F#m E6 D A F#m E6 D

Beautiful one don't read too much into cluu-ues

D F#m E6 D

Please shake the hand of the velvet glove

F#m

Whose fingerprints glow in the dark

E6 D A Bm

And reveal crimes both brave and strange

[Chorus]

A E7 C

I cannot teach you how to tell the truth

Even if it hits you

C E7 G A

Ah, love letter boxes

C E7

All in favor say

G A C E7 G

I will blindly follow the ring around

A C E7 G A

The positive sign [x6]

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