Dm Dm Dm Dm [Verse 1] Dm C Dead letter, dead letter of immaculate attention, Dm C Dm it's written in blood that flows through the pen tip. Dm C Dead letter, dead letter, failed to deliver, Dm C Dm the message of love I wanted to give her. [Verse 2] Dm C Dm She sent a dead letter to the book on the shelf; Dm C Dm she revealed some secrets she didn't want to tell. Dm C she died on the day that her baby was born Dm C Dm and the dead letter rests and the healings were torn. [Verse 3] Dm C C Dead letter, dead letter addressed straight to hell, Dm C Dm it's written to someone; it's written quite well. Dm C Dead letter, dead letter will never be read, Dm C Dm I'll write you a letter as long its dead. [Bridge] F C There was no response and they thought they had lost him, F C drugging and drinking cough syrup. F C When they cought up with him he just sat on the floor Dm C Dm in a pile of dead letters he just couldn't finish. [Verse 4] Dm C Dm Dead letter, dead letter addressed to you, Dm C Dm it says that I'm sorry; explains the whole truth. Dm C I said it you, oh, so long ago, Dm C Dm I thought that you got it, I just didn't know.