The Letter, The Box Tops, Free Guitar Lesson by Roger

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THE LETTER
The Box Tops (Hit in 1967)
- written by Wayne Carson Thompson

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to baby again
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway, yeah!

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see I got to get back
To my baby once-a more
Anyway, yeah!

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter
My baby, just-a wrote me a letter

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[Nokpest11]

hey its me again...i also practised this song with my guitar teacher but its unbelievably hard for beginner. That damn baree chord F always costs me a perfect run. And the quick change in the chorus is even harder. Furthermore, this is a song you only reckognize as such if you also song the lyrics. Otherwise its really hard to guess that this is "the letter". Unfortunatly i have to give up, this is defenetly no song for beginners :(

[rogersgitar]

@Nokpest11 Hello - The problem is, that there are many songs that you probably will want to learn how to play that require the F chord.

Enjoy and keep practicing.

[Nokpest11]

Hey, nice lesson, eventhough i need to practice a little more. Keep up the good work.

Regards from Germany!

[rogersgitar]

@Nokpest11 Hello - and thank you for your nice comment - Much appreciated !!! Cheers Roger ;-) Hello  - and thank you for your nice comment - Much appreciated !!! Gruss Roger ;-)

[Marcusvlogs]

thanks alot, you made it easy to see how to coordinate the chords

[rogersgitar]

@Marcusvlogs Hello - and thank you for your nice comment - Much appreciated !!! Cheers Roger  ;-)

[troglodyto]

so far i've found the strumming pattern that works best is: udu udu udu udu

[rogersgitar]

@adamkrz59 Hello Adam - and thank you for your nice comment - Much appreciated. I know (of course) "Eearly in the morning". I can't promise anything, but I'd like to do a vid on the song. Cheers Roger ;-)

[adamkrz59]

Thanks Roger, Love all the 60's & 70's stuff.. Do you know the song (Early in the morning ) by Vanity Fare ? Thanks Adam..

[rogersgitar]

@bigbadbob143 Much appreciated my friend !- Roger ;-)