Death Letter Blues chords by Christian Bleiming

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I re ceived
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a letter and this is how it read
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I received a letter and this is how it read
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Say it to hurry home,
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your best gal is almost dead
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Boys, I caught myself a rambler,
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I  went back home a -flyin'
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Boys, I caught myself a rambler,
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I went back home a -flyin'
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Well she was not dead
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but she was slowly dying
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I was coming up the walk
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when I heard my baby moan
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I was coming up the wall
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when I heard my baby moan
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Well I was so broken hearted
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because she was my own
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I ran to my baby,
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and fell down by her side
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I ran to my baby,
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and fell down by her side
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I was so broken hearted,
for she was in my arms when
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she died
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That was the last, last time,
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I looked in my baby's face
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That was the last, last time,
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I looked in my baby's face
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I said, don't worry pretty mama,