Dead Letter chords by Soul Asylum

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
Dm    Dm    Dm    Dm

Verse 1:
   Dm            C
Dead letter, dead letter of immaculate attention,
   Dm          C         Dm
it's written in blood that flows through the pen tip.
   Dm           C
Dead letter, dead letter, failed to deliver,
  Dm     C        Dm
the message of love I wanted to give her.

Verse 2:
  Dm            C      Dm
She sent a dead letter to the book on the shelf;
   Dm           C       Dm
she revealed some secrets she didn't want to tell.
  Dm            C
she died on the day that her baby was born
    Dm     C              Dm
and the dead letter rests and the healings were torn.

Verse 3:
   Dm          C          C
Dead letter, dead letter addressed straight to hell,
   Dm            C       Dm
it's written to someone; it's written quite well.
   Dm            C
Dead letter, dead letter will never be read,
   Dm     C         Dm
I'll write you a letter as long its dead.

Bridge:
     F          C
There was no response and they thought they had lost him,
F           C
drugging and drinking (paroles?).
     F             C
When they cought up with him he just sat on the floor
   Dm      C            Dm
in a pile of dead letters he just couldn't finish.

Verse 4:
   Dm         C      Dm
Dead letter, dead letter addressed to you,
  Dm           C        Dm
it says that I'm sorry; explains the whole truth.
 Dm        C
I said it you, oh, so long ago,
 Dm        C           Dm
I thought that you got it, I just didn't know.