Chords: D7sus4: x57585 D/A: 557775 D#maj7: x68786 D#7sus4: x68696 D#/A#: 668886 Emaj7: x79897 GDDGDD/A Gm D7sus4 You never liked to get Gm D/A The letters that I sent Gm D7sus4 But now you've got the gist D#maj7 D7sus4 Of what my letters meant Gm D7sus4 You're reading them again, Gm D/A The ones you didn't burn Gm D7sus4 You press them to your lips, D#maj7 D7sus4 My pages of concern Cm7 Gm I said there'd been a flood Cm7 Gm I said there's nothing left F D# I hoped that you would come D I gave you my address G#m D#7sus4 Your story was so long, G#m D#/A# The plot was so intense, G#m D#7sus4 It took you years to cross Emaj7 D#7sus4 The lines of self-defense G#m D#7sus4 The wounded forms appear: G#m D#/A# The loss, the full extent; G#m DD#7us4 And simple kindness here, Emaj7 D#7sus4 The solitude of strength C#m7 G#m I said there'd been a flood C#m7 G#m I said there's nothing left F# E I hoped that you would come D#7sD#4 I gave you my address Gm D7sus4 You walk into my room Gm D/A You stand there at my desk, Gm D7sus4 Begin your letter to Gm D/A The one who's coming next D# D7 (Begin your letter to) D#maj7 D7 Gm (Oooooooo the one who's coming next) Spoken: Gm D7sus4 D7 (You never liked to get the letters that I sent ) Gm Dm7 D/A (But now you've got the gist of what my letters meant ) Gm D7sus4 D7 (You're reading them again, the ones you didn't burn ) D#maj7 D7sus4 D7 (You press them to your lips, my pages of concern ) Gm D7sus4 D7 (I said there'd been a flood I said there's nothing left ) Gm Dm7 D/A (I hoped that you would come I gave you my address ) Gm D7sus4 D7 (Your story was so long, the plot was so intense,) D#maj7 D7sus4 D7 (It took you years to cross the lines of self-defense ) Gm D7sus4 D7 (The wounded forms appear: the loss, the full extent;) Gm (And simple kindness here, the solitude of strength )