artist : nick cave and the bad seeds
song : love letter
album : no more shall we part
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D# G#
i hold this letter in my hand
D#
a plea , a petition , a kind of prayer
G#
i hope it does as i have planned

losing her again is more than i can bear
D# G#
i kiss the cold , white envelope
D#
i press my lips against her name
G#
two hundred words . we live in hope
D#
the sky hangs heavy with rain

D# G#
love letter love letter
D# G#
go get her go get her
D# A
love letter love letter
D# A# – G#
go tell her go tell her

D# G#
a wicked wind whips up the hill
D#
a handful of hopeful words
G#
i love her and i always will
the sky is ready to burst
D#
said something i did not mean to say
G#
said something i did not mean to say
D#
said something i did not mean to say
G#
it all came out the wrong way

D# G#
love letter love letter
D# G#
go get her go get her
D# G#
love letter love letter
D# A# – G#
go tell her go tell her

rain your kisses down upon me
rain your kisses down in storms
and for all who’ll come before me
in your slowly fading forms
i’m going out of my mind
will leave me standing in
the rain with a letter and a prayer
whispered on the wind

A# G#
come back to me
A# G#
come back to me
A# G# A# D#
o baby please come back to me

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transcribed by benjamin denes
bdenes@mnsi . net