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Letter In The Mail by James Taylor
Letter In The Mail
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F
[Intro]
F Gm F/A C/D
Gm7 Bb5/C F Gm
F/A C/D Gm7 Bb5/C
G#m7 B/C#
[Verse 1]
F# C#m7 F#/A# D#m7
If I could go down now
G#m7 B5/C#
While the whole town is sleeping
F# G#m7 F#/A# D#m7
See the sun creeping up
G#7 B5/C#
On the hill yeah
F# G#m7 F#/A# D#m7
I know the river and the railroad
G#m7 B5/C# F#/B G#m11
Would run through the valley still
[Verse 2]
B/C# F# G#m7 F#/A# D#m7
I guess it never was much to look at
G#m7 B/C#
Just a one-horse town
F# G#m7 F#/A# D#m7
The kind of place young people
G#7 B/C#
Want to leave today
F# G#m7 F#/A# D#m7
Store fronts pretty much boarded up
G#m7 B/C# Bmaj9 G#m7 F#/A# Bm7 D/E
Main Street pretty much closed down
[Verse 3]
A C#m7 F#m9 F#m7
Oh the church bell still rings on Sunday
Bm7 E/F#
Old folks still go
Bm7 A/C# D E
The young ones listen on the radio
A C#m7
Saturday night
G#m7
Nothing but a stray dog
Gmaj7 F#sus4 F# Ab9sus B/C#
Running wild like no - body's child
[Chorus]
F# G#m7 F#/A# D#m7 G#m7 B/C#
And little by little, light after light, that's how it died
F# G#m7 F#/A# D#m7 G#7 B/C#
They say you never go home again, that's no lie
F# G#m7 F#/A# D#m7
It's like a letter in the mail to a brother in jail
G#7
It's a matter of time
B/C# F# G#m7 F#/A# D#m9 G#m7 F#5/C#
Until you can do a little bit better time
F# G#m7 F#/A# D#m9 B5/C# C5/D
Doesn't it good to believe sometimes?
[Verse 4]
G Am7 G/B Em7
It used to be part of the heartland
Am7 C/D
Awful proud and strong
G Am7 G/B Em7
But deep, deep down
A13 A7 C5/D
Peaceful and serene
G Am7 G/B Em7
When people used to talk about the country
Am7 C/D G/C Am11
That's what they used to mean
[Verse 5]
G Am7 G/B Em7
I might go down come the weekend
Am7 C/D
Go on my own
G Am7 G/B Em7
Drop off Annie and the baby
A13 A7 C5/D
Maybe drive alone
G Am7 G/B Em7 Am7
Pay my last respects to a time
G6 Am7 G/B Cm7
That has all but gone
[Verse 6]
Eb/F Bb Dm7 Gm9
We said, Mama come look at the mountain
Cm7 F/G
The fire in the sky
Cm7 Bb/D Eb F/A
It's lit up like the Fourth of July
Bb Dm7
The mill burning down
Am7 Abmaj7
The jobs leaving town
Gsus4 G A9sus Cm7 C/D
The trains rolling by
[Chorus]
G Am7 G/B Em7 Am7 C/D
And little by little, light after light, that's how it died
G Am7 G/B Em7 A7 C/D
They say you never go home again, now that's no lie
G Am7 G/D Em7
It's like a letter in the mail to a brother in jail
A7 C/D
It's a matter of time
G Am7 G/B D/E Am7 C5/D
Until you can do a little bit better time no no no
[Outro]
G Am7 G/B D/E Am7 C5/D
G Am7 G/B Em7 Am7 C/D
G Am7 G/B Em7 Am7 C/D
G Am7 G/B Em7 Am7 C/D
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