The Letter (chromatic)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

THE LETTER
By: Wayne Carson Thompson
Joe Cocker
Key: Am

-3   -3-3 -3  -3  -3  -3 4-3  -3
Give me a tic-ket for an air-plane. 
4      4    4  4    4   4   4   -3    -3
Ain't got time to take the fast-est train
6     6  -5   6  -5 5  -5* 6 -5 -5* -5 5
Lone-ly days are gone, I'm a go-in’ home, 
3* 3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter

-3 -3    -3  -3   -3  -3  -3 4  4  -3   -3
I don't care how much mon-ey I got-ta spend. 
4   4   4    4  4  4  4  -3
Got to get back to my ba-by 
6    6   -5   6  -5 5  -5*-5*-5 -5* -5 5
Lone-ly days are gone, I'm a go-in’ home, 
2  3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter

4    -5    6   6  6 -5  -5
Well she wrote me a let-ter, 
-5   -5   -6   -6    6    5   6  -5 -5  -5
said she could-n't live with-out me no more
6    6   6   6   -5   -5   -5-5
Lis-ten Mis-ter can't you see I
-6  -6 -6   6   5  5  6  -5  -5   -5 
Got to get back to my ba-by once more
6  6  6 
An-y-way 

-3   -3-3 -3  -3  -3  -3 4-3  -3
Give me a tic-ket for an air-plane. 
4      4    4  4    4   4   4   -3    -3
Ain't got time to take the fast-est train
6     6  -5   6  -5 5  -5* 6 -5 -5* -5 5
Lone-ly days are gone, I'm a go-in’ home, 
3* 3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter

-3 -3    -3  -3   -3  -3  -3 4  4  -3   -3
I don't care how much mon-ey I got-ta spend. 
4   4   4    4  4  4  4  -3
Got to get back to my ba-by 
6    6   -5   6  -5 5  -5*-5*-5 -5* -5 5
Lone-ly days are gone, I'm a go-in’ home, 
2  3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter

4    -5    6   6  6 -5  -5
Well she wrote me a let-ter, 
-5   -5   -6   -6    6    5   6  -5 -5  -5
said she could-n't live with-out me no more
6    6   6   6   -5   -5   -5-5
Lis-ten Mis-ter can't you see I
-6  -6 -6   6   5  5  6  -5  -5   -5 
Got to get back to my ba-by once more
6  6  6 
An-y-way 
 
-3   -3-3 -3  -3  -3  -3 4-3  -3
Give me a tic-ket for an air-plane. 
4      4    4  4    4   4   4   -3    -3
Ain't got time to take the fast-est train
6     6  -5   6  -5 5  -5* 6 -5 -5* -5 5
Lone-ly days are gone, I'm a go-in’ home, 
3* 3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter
 
-3 -3    -3  -3   -3  -3  -3 4  4  -3   -3
I don't care how much mon-ey I got-ta spend. 
4   4   4    4  4  4  4  -3
Got to get back to my ba-by 
6    6   -5   6  -5 5  -5*-5*-5 -5* -5 5
Lone-ly days are gone, I'm a go-in’ home, 
2  3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter
 
2  3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter
2  3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter
 
6    6   -5   6  -5 5  -5*-5*-5 -5* -5 5
Lone-ly days are gone, I'm a go-in’ home, 
2  3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter
 
-3   -3-3 -3  -3  -3  -3 4-3  -3
Give me a tic-ket for an air-plane. 
4      4    4  4    4   4   4   -3    -3
Ain't got time to take the fast-est train
6     6  -5   6  -5 5  -5* 6 -5 -5* -5 5
Lone-ly days are gone, I'm a go-in’ home, 
3* 3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter
3* 3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter

-3 -3    -3  -3   -3  -3  -3 4  4  -3   -3
I don't care how much mon-ey I got-ta spend. 
4   4   4    4  4  4  4  -3
Got to get back to my ba-by 
6    6   -5   6  -5 5  -5*-5*-5 -5* -5 5
Lone-ly days are gone, I'm a go-in’ home, 
2  3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter
3* 3* 3*  3*    3*  3*-4  4  -3
my ba-by just wrote me a let-ter

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