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(Am)Give me a tick et for an (F)air plane.
(Am7)Ain’t got time to take the (D7)fast est train.
(Am)Lone ly days are gone, (F7)I’m a go in’ home.
My (E7)ba by just wrote me a (Am)let ter.
I don’t care how much mon ey I (F)got ta spend,
(Am7)got to get back to my (D7)ba by.
(Am)Lone ly days are gone, (F7)I’m a go in’ home.
My (E7)ba by just wrote me a (Am)let ter.
Well, she (C)wrote me a let ter, said she (F)could n’t live with out me no more.
(C)Lis ten, mis ter, (G)can’t you see I (F)got to get back to my (G)ba by once more,
an y way.
(Am)Give me a tick et for an (F)air plane.
(Am7)Ain’t got time to take the (D7)fast est train.
(Am)Lone ly days are gone, (F7)I’m a go in’ home.
My (E7)ba by just wrote me a (Am)let ter.
Well, she (C)wrote me a let ter, said she (F)could n’t live with out me no more.
(C)Lis ten, mis ter, (G)can’t you see I (F)got to get back to my (G)ba by once more,
an y way.
(Am)Give me a tick et for an (F)air plane.
(Am7)Ain’t got time to take the (D7)fast est train.
(Am)Lone ly days are gone, (F7)I’m a go in’ home.
My (E7)ba by just wrote me a (Am)let ter.
Well, she (Am)let ter.
My (E7)ba by just wrote me a (Am)let ter.
My (E7)ba by just wrote me a (Am)let ter.
My (Am)let ter.
This page shows “The Letter” by The Box Tops in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 134 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.