Gm D7sus4 D7 You never liked to get Gm Dm7 D/a The letters that I sent. Gm D7sus4 D7 But now you've got the gist D#maj7 D7sus4 D Of what my letters meant.
Gm D7sus4 D7 You're reading them again, Gm Dm7 D/a The ones you didn't burn. Gm D7sus4 D7 You press them to your lips, D#maj7 D7sus4 D 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 D#7 Your story was so long, G#m D#m7 D#/a# The plot was so intense, G#m D#7sus4 D#7 It took you years to cross Emaj7 D#7sus4 D# The lines of self-defense.
G#m D#7sus4 D#7 The wounded forms appear: G#m D#m7 D#/a# The loss, the full extent; G#m D#7sus4 D#7 And simple kindness here, Emaj7 D#7sus4 D# 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#7sus4 D# I gave you my address.
Gm D7sus4 D7 You walk into my room. Gm Dm7 D/a You stand there at my desk, Gm D7sus4 D7 Begin your letter to Gm Dm7 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.)