Tear Stained Letter chords by Johnny Cash

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D

Verse:
      G
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
       D
I'm going to mail it straight to you
       D
I'm going to bring back to your mind
           E7      A
What you said about always being true
     D
About our secret hiding places
         G
Being daily satisfied
  D
I can see you sitting and reading it
    D
While you hang, you head and cry
     D
I just hope you're not so sad
       A       D
You're going to go down suicide
      G
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
     D
Put it special delivery
       D
Because it's gonna be full of stuff
       E7       A
That's only known to you and me
        D
About how every time I get turned on
               G
You turn me off and bring me down
     D
It'll be about the darkest news
       D
That ever did arrive in your hometown
     D
It'll be about the saddest thing
       A       D
Your mailman ever did bring around
       G
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
               D
I'm going to tell you one more time
     D
That you still could reconsider
     E7      A
And come back to being mine
     D
And if you think about what I'm saying
    D     G
It'd be hard to refuse
    D
Just be sure you think a long time
    D
On the answer that you choose
      D
It will be a most important piece
    A       D
Of personal, private news
       G
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
             D
Mark it "Personal Private News"
      D
And I hope you'll keep it to yourself
     E7          A
And don't go around crying the blues
    D
Giving off a bad impression
     D       G
As to what went really wrong
   D
When what it was, was that suddenly
   D
The music was all gone
     D
And this man and this woman got cut off
     A      D
In the middle of our song
       G
I'm going to write a tear stained letter
             D
I'm going to put it to a tune
     D
So I'll be sending with it
    E7     A
A sweet melody for you
       D
And not some red-hot, upbeat zinger
    D        G
That'll set your body on fire
    D
But a hunk of love included
     D
Meant to take you a little higher
     D
And to settle on your sweet, sweet mind
  A        D
At night when you retire

Outro:
   G                      End on D
I'm going to write a tear stained letter