#------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #---------------------------------------------------------------------# TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES ******************************************************************************** Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini Date: January 11, 2000 Album: Written by: lick D --3--2--0-------------- ----------3--2--0------ ------------------3---- ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- Intro chords vamp on A TAKE A LETTER, MARIA Doug Stone A D A Last night as I got home about a-half past ten A D A There was a woman I thought I knew in the arms of another man A D A I kept my cool I ain't no fool let me tell you what happened then A D A I packed some clothes and I walked out And I ain't going back again CHORUS: A AAADA G lick So take a letter, Maria Address it to my wife D A D A D A Say I won't becoming home I gotta start a new life D AAADA G lick Take a letter, Maria Address it to my wife D A D A D A Send a copy to my lawyer I (3.I'm) gotta start a new life A D A You've been many things but most of all a good secretary to me A D A At times like this I feel you've always been close to me A D A ??mercharoam?? to work nights and try to build a good life A D A All work and no play has just cost me a wife go to chorus A D A When a man loves a woman It's hard to under-stand A D A That she would gind more pleasure in the arms of another man A D A I never really noticed how sweet you are to me A D It just so happens I'm free tonight D A Would you like to have dinner with me Chorus, chorus