Tear Stained Letter lyrics chords

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Tear Stained Letter lyrics and chords are intended for your personal use, this is a Johnny Cash song we amateurs can play, the chords are easy to make. Practice a bit then enjoy this country classic.

Tear Stained Letter

Johnny Cash

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I'm gonna write a tear stained letter I'm gonna mail it straight to you

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I'm gonna bring back to your mind what you said about always being true

          C                                     F

About our secret hiding places being daily satisfied

I can see you sitting and reading it while you hang you head and cry

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I just hope you're not so sad that you're gonna go down suicide

          F                                            C

I'm gonna write a tear stained letter put it special delivery

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Cause it's gonna be full of stuff that's only known to you and me

      C                                                  F

About how every time I get turned on you turn me off and bring me down

It'll be about the darkest news that ever did arrive in your hometown

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It'll be about the saddest thing your mailman ever did bring around

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I'm gonna write a tear stained letter  I'm gonna tell you one more time

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That you still could reconsider and come back to being mine

       C                                       F

And if you think about what I'm saying it'd be hard to refuse

Just be sure you think a long time on the answer that you choose

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It will be a most important piece of personal private news

          F                                                    C

I'm gonna write a tear stained letter mark it personal private news

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And I hope you'll keep it to yourself and don't go around crying the blues

       C                                    F

Giving off a bad impression as to what went really wrong

When what it was  was that suddenly the music was all gone

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And this man and this woman got cut off in the middle of our song

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I'm gonna write a tear stained letter I'm gonna put it to a tune

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So I'll be sending with it a sweet melody for you

        C                                           F

And not some red-hot upbeat zinger that'll set your body on fire

But a hunk of love included meant to take you a little higher

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And to settle on your sweet sweet mind at night when you retire

I'm gonna write a tear stained letter

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This is a four chord song that's not difficult to play, it requires a few minutes of practice but you can easily learn it. Use these Tear Stained Letter lyrics and chords to help you.