The Box Tops - The Letter

[funnyfingers]

I used the tab on Songsterr and used that to play to the song and this is now how I play it. Sounds good with the recording. I'll be playing it at rehearsal this Friday and hope it sounds good there.

Intro
|--------9-7-----|
|----6-9-----9---|
|--7-----------7-|
|----------------|

Verse 1 & 2
|----6-9-9-6-----|---------10--------|----4-7-7-4-----|--------7-------|
|7-7---------9-7-|----7-10----10-7---|5-5---------7-5-|----4-7---7-4---|
|----------------|8-8--------------8-|----------------|5-5-----------5-|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|

|----6-9-9-6-----|---------10--------|--------9-------|----6-9-9-6-----|
|7-7---------9-7-|----7-10----10-7---|----6-9---9-6---|7-7---------9-7-|
|----------------|8-8--------------8-|7-7-----------7-|----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|

Bridge
|----6-9-9-6-----|
|7-7---------9-7-|
|----------------|
|----------------|

Chorus
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----2-5---------|------------2-5-|----------------|----------------|
|3-3---------2-5-|----0-3-3-3-----|----2-5-----2-5-|----2-5-----2-5-|
|--------3-3-----|1-1-------------|3-3-----3-3-----|3-3-----3-3-----|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----2-5---------|------------2-5-|----------------|----------------|
|3-3---------2-5-|----0-3-3-3-----|----2-5-----2-5-|----------------|
|--------3-3-----|1-1-------------|3-3-----3-3-----|0-----------0---|

Verse 3

Bridge

Chorus

Verse 4

Outro
|--------9-------|----6-9-9-6-----|----6-9-9-6-----|
|----6-9---9-6---|7-7---------9-7-|7-7---------9-7-|
|7-7-----------7-|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| X3
|----3-6---------|------------3-6-|----------------|----------------|
|4-4---------3-6-|----1-4-4-4-----|----3-6-----3-6-|----3-6-----3-6-|
|--------4-4-----|2-2-------------|4-4-----4-4-----|4-4-----4-4-----|

 

[tjh]

.. fun song to play ... we do all 50's 60's music with one group, and I play it similar to this, but with two guitars and a piano I tend to use the E and A string for the intro and during the verses to help balance and sit a bit better ... the chorus is almost as written here though, and that gets fun ... I usually find myself ending the verses up around the 12th fret so I can get a good slide down to the busy chorus riff too ... creates a nice effect for us ... enjoy!!

 

[funnyfingers]

Thank you. I'll try the 12th fret thing now

 

[teleman65]

Fun song.