Key: B majorā¢
Verse 1
B
E
B
This is how I learned it from a Time-
Life Album in about 1958.
Verse 2
B
F#
B
There's a little rosewood casket
F#
B
Lying on a marble stand
E
B
And a packet of old love letters
F#
B
Written by my true love's hand
Verse 3
B
F#
B
(Go and bring them to me sister
F#
B
Read them o'er for me tonight
E
B
I have often tried but I could not
F#
B
For the tears that filled my eyes) I
Verse 4
B
F#
Last Sunday I saw him walkin'
With a lady by his side,
And I thought I heard him tell her
Verse 5
B
coffin
And my shroud's around me bound
ground.
F#
F#sus4
Verse 6
B
F#
B
Take his letters and his locket
F#
B
Place together o'are my heart
E
B
But the golden ring he gave me
Outro 1
B
F#
B
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E F# F#sus4
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