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Tear Stained Letter by Johnny Cash
Tear Stained Letter
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
D
[Verse]
G
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
D
I'm going to mail it straight to you
D
I'm going to bring back to your mind
E7 A
What you said about always being true
D
About our secret hiding places
G
Being daily satisfied
D
I can see you sitting and reading it
D
While you hang, you head and cry
D
I just hope you're not so sad
A D
You're going to go down suicide
G
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
D
Put it special delivery
D
Because it's gonna be full of stuff
E7 A
That's only known to you and me
D
About how every time I get turned on
G
You turn me off and bring me down
D
It'll be about the darkest news
D
That ever did arrive in your hometown
D
It'll be about the saddest thing
A D
Your mailman ever did bring around
G
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
D
I'm going to tell you one more time
D
That you still could reconsider
E7 A
And come back to being mine
D
And if you think about what I'm saying
D G
It'd be hard to refuse
D
Just be sure you think a long time
D
On the answer that you choose
D
It will be a most important piece
A D
Of personal, private news
G
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
D
Mark it "Personal Private News"
D
And I hope you'll keep it to yourself
E7 A
And don't go around crying the blues
D
Giving off a bad impression
D G
As to what went really wrong
D
When what it was, was that suddenly
D
The music was all gone
D
And this man and this woman got cut off
A D
In the middle of our song
G
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
D
I'm going to put it to a tune
D
So I'll be sending with it
E7 A
A sweet melody for you
D
And not some red-hot, upbeat zinger
D G
That'll set your body on fire
D
But a hunk of love included
D
Meant to take you a little higher
D
And to settle on your sweet, sweet mind
A D
At night when you retire
[Outro]
G End on D
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Bb
Capo:1st fret
[Intro]
| A | A | A
[Verse 1]
A D A
I'm gonna write a tear stained letter, I'm gonna mail it straight to you
A B7 E7
I'm gonna bring back to your mind, what you said about always bein' true
A D
And how every time when I got turned on, you turn me off and bring me down
A
It'll be about the darkest news, that ever arrived in your hometown
A E7 A
It'll be about the saddest thing your mailman, ever did bring around
[Verse 2]
A D A
I'm gonna write a tear stained letter, send it special delivery
A B7 E
It's gonna be full of facts, that are only known to you and me
A D
'Bout our secret hidin' places, bein' daily satisfied
A
I can see you sittin' and readin' it, while you hang your head and cry
A E A
I just hope you're not so sorry that, you end up suicide
[Break]
| D | A | A | E7 A |
[Verse 3]
A D A
I'm gonna write a tear stained letter, I'm gonna tell you one more time
A B7 E
That you still can reconsider and go back to bein' mine
E7 A D
If you think about my offer, it'll be hard to refuse
A
Just be sure you think a long time, on the answer that you choose
A E7 A
It will be a most important piece, of personal private news
[Coda]
A D A
I'm gonna write a tear stained letter, mh, mh, mh, mh, mh, mh
[Outro]
| A | A B7 | E | A |
Mh, mh, mh, mh, mh, mh..
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