Tear Stained Letter

TEAR-STAINED LETTER by JOHNNY CASH INTRO: D then walkup to G in verse G D Im gonna write a tearstained letter Im gonna mail it straight to you D E7 A Im gonna bring back to your mind what you said about always being true D G About our secret hidin places bein daily satisfied D I can see you sittin and readin it while you hang your head and cry D A D I just hope youre not so sad that youre gonna go down suicide Im gonna write a tearstained letter put it special delivery Cause its gonna be full of stuff thats only known to you and me Bout how everytime I get turned on you turn me off and bring me down Itll be about the darkest news that ever did arrive in your hometown Itll be about the saddest thing your mailman ever did bring around Im gonna write a tearstained letter Im gonna tell you one more time That you still could reconsider and come back to being mine And if you think about what Im sayin itll be hard to refuse Just be sure you think a longtime on the answer that you choose It will be a most important piece of personal private news INSTRUMENTAL Im gonna write a tearstained letter mark it personal private news And I hope youll keep it to yourself and dont go around cryin the blues Givin off a bad impression as to what went really wrong When what it was was that suddenly the music was all gone And this man and woman got cut off in the middle off our song Im gonna write a tearstained letter Im gonna put it to a tune So Ill be sendin in with it a sweet melody for you And not some red-hot upbeat zinger thatll set your body on fire But a hunk of love included meant to take you a little higher And to settle on your sweet sweet mind at night when you retire G D I gonna write a tearstained letter