Biography:
John Robert Cocker OBE (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014), better known as Joe Cocker, was an English rock singer. He was known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance, and distinctive versions of popular songs of varying genres.
Cocker's recording of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends" reached number one in the UK in 1968. He performed the song live at Woodstock in 1969 and performed the same year at the Isle of Wight Festival
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Other songs:
- Delta Lady
- Feelin' Alright
- Love Lives On
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- You Are So Beautiful
- A Whiter Shade Of Pale
- Bird On A Wire
- Bird On The Wire
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Change In Louise
- Civilized Man
- Could You Be Loved
- Darling Be Home Soon
- Different Roads
- Do I Still Figure In Your Life
- Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood
- Dont You Love Me Anymore
- Everybody Hurts
- Feelin Alright
- First We Take Manhattan
- Guilty
- Heart And Soul
- Heart Full Of Rain
- High Time We Went
- Hitchcock Railway
- Human Touch
- Hymn For My Soul
- I Come In Peace
- I Put A Spell On You
- Im So Glad Im Standing Here
- Its Only Love
- Let The Healing Begin
- Lets Go Get Stoned
- Letter
- Marjorine
- My Fathers Son
- Never Tear Us Apart
- Night Calls
- Noubliez Jamais
- Now That The Magic Has Gone
- Pardon Me Sir
- Please No More
- She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
- Shelter Me
- Something
- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
- Summer In The City
- Sweet Little Woman
- The Letter
- Tonight
- Trust In Me
- Unchain My Heart
- Unforgiven
- Up Where We Belong
- Wayward Soul
- When A Woman Cries
- When The Night Comes
- With A Little Help
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- You Dont Know What Youre Doing To Me
- You Dont Need A Million Dollars
- You Love Me Back
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THE LETTER by Joe Cocker
*from 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' (1970)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Bbm)
[Intro]
Am
[Verse 1]
Am F
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
Am D7
I ain't got time to take no fast train.
Am G D/F# F E7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Verse 2]
Am F
I don't care how much I got to spend,
Am D7
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
Am G D/F# F E7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Chorus 1]
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter,
F C G G7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
C G
Listen to me Mister;
F C
Can't you see I've got to get back,
G E7 (n.C)
To my baby once more... anyway?
[Verse 3]
Am F
I don't care how much I got to spend,
Am D7
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
Am G D/F# F E7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Solo]
Am F, Am D7, Am G, D/F# F E7
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Solo]
Am F, Am D7, Am G, D/F# F E7
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Chorus 2]
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter,
F C G G7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
C G
Listen to me Mister;
F C
Can't you see I've got to get back,
G E7 (n.C)
To my baby once more... anyway?
[Verse 4]
Am F
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
Am D7
I ain't got time to take no fast train.
Am G D/F# F E7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me that letter.
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Coda]
Am D7 Am D7
(My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter.
Am D7 Am D7
My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter).
(Repeat)
[Outro]
Am C D, C (x3), Am
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Am F D7 G D/F# E7 C D G7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 133211 xx0212 320003 2x0232 020100 x32010 xx0232 323000
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
*from 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' (1970)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Bbm)
[Intro]
Am
[Verse 1]
Am F
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
Am D7
I ain't got time to take no fast train.
Am G D/F# F E7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Verse 2]
Am F
I don't care how much I got to spend,
Am D7
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
Am G D/F# F E7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Chorus 1]
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter,
F C G G7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
C G
Listen to me Mister;
F C
Can't you see I've got to get back,
G E7 (n.C)
To my baby once more... anyway?
[Verse 3]
Am F
I don't care how much I got to spend,
Am D7
I won't find my way, my way back home again.
Am G D/F# F E7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Solo]
Am F, Am D7, Am G, D/F# F E7
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Solo]
Am F, Am D7, Am G, D/F# F E7
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Chorus 2]
C G
Well, she wrote me a letter,
F C G G7
Said; she couldn't live, with-out me no more.
C G
Listen to me Mister;
F C
Can't you see I've got to get back,
G E7 (n.C)
To my baby once more... anyway?
[Verse 4]
Am F
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
Am D7
I ain't got time to take no fast train.
Am G D/F# F E7
Oh, the lonely days are gone; I'm coming home;
My baby, she wrote me that letter.
[Break]
Am C D, C (x2)
[Coda]
Am D7 Am D7
(My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter.
Am D7 Am D7
My baby wrote me a letter, my baby wrote me a letter).
(Repeat)
[Outro]
Am C D, C (x3), Am
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Am F D7 G D/F# E7 C D G7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 133211 xx0212 320003 2x0232 020100 x32010 xx0232 323000
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])
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