Death Letter

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E|Death Letter - Cassandra Wilson --

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Tabbed by: Evan Swain
Tuning: Drop C♯/Drop D♭ in standard 
variation C#ADGBe

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F#:54465x
G#:76687x
E :32243x


[Intro]

    C#                       
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|------6---6-6---6---------------
D|------5~--4-4---4---------2-----
A|------4---------7~----/4----4---
E|-0-0----0-----0---0---/0--------

E|--------| x 5 Play this riff 
B|--------|                    
G|--------|                    
D|/4-/4---|                    
A|/4-/4---|                    
E|/5-/5---|                    

E|throughout the song on every C# 
B|                                
G|                                
D|                                
A|                                
E|                                

alternatively:

    C#                       
E|------------------------------
B|------------------------------
G|------6---6-6---6-------4-4-4-
D|------5~--4-4---4-------2-2-2-
A|------4---------7~------2-4-2-
E|-0-0----0-----0---0-----------

E|--------| (How he plays it live) 
B|--------|                        
G|/6-6----|                        
D|/4-4----|                        
A|/4-4----|                        
E|--------|                        


[Verse 1]


Riff 1

       C#
I got a letter this mornin, how 
do-do you reckon it read?
        C#
It said, "Hurry, man, your love is 
dead."

Riff 2

E|--------------------------------
B|----5-5-x-x--5--5---5-5---------
G|----6-6-x-x--6--6---6-6---------
D|----4-4-x-x--4--4---4-4---------
A|----4-4-x-x--4--4---4-4---------
E|--5-5-5-x-x--5--5-5-5-5-5\\0--0-

E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|----6---6-6---6-------------------
D|----5~--4-4---4-----2-----/4-4-4--
A|----4---------7-----2-----/4-4-4--
E|0-----0-----0----0--3--0--/5-5-5--

        F#                         
I got a letter this mornin, how do 
                   C#
you reckon it read?

Riff 3
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E|-------------------------------
B|----7-7-x-x--7---5---5-5-------
G|----8-8-x-x--8---6---6-6-------
D|----6-6-x-x--6---4---4-5-------
A|----6-6-x-x--6---4---4-4-------
E|--7-7-7-x-x--7\--5-5-5-5-5\\0--

E|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|-----6---6-6---6-------------------| 
D|-----5~--4-4---4-----2-----/4-4-4--| 
A|-----4---------7-----2-----/4-4-4--| 
E|0-0----0-----0----0--3--0--/5-5-5--| 

               G#                 
You know, it said, "Hurry, hurry, 
F#                             
only problem the man you love is 
        C#
dead?"


[Verse 2]
C#
Well, I grabbed up my suitcase, and 
took off down the road
C#                                
When I got there he was layin on 
               F#
the coolin board
F#                                
  I grabbed up my suitcase, and I 
                                  C#
took off down the road
G#                                
But when I got there you were 
        F#                 C#
layin, layin on the coolin board

[Verse 3]
C#
Well, I walked up right close, 
looked down in his face
C#                                
Good ole boy got to lay here til 
                F#
the Judgment Day --
F#                    C#
--ayyyy yes, hmmm well I looked down
 in his face
       G#                   F#    
Well good ole boy, I'll lay here 
                   C#
til the Judgment Day

[Verse 4]
C#
Looked like it was 10,000 people 
standin round the buryin ground
C#                                
I didn't know I loved him until 
               F#
they laid him down
F#                           
Looked like 10,000 people were 
                  C#
standin round the buryin ground
        G#                    F#  
Well I didn't know I loved him til
                         C#
 they laid him down

[Verse 5]
C#
Well I got up this mornin'; The 
break of day
C#                                
Just huggin' the pillows where he 
            F#
used to lay
F#                                
I said soon as smoke, cast in the 
           C#
break of day
  G#                          F#  
I knew I was huggin the pillow 
                         C#
where my sweet man used to lay

[Other]
C#
Oh hush! Thought I heard him call my
 name
C#                                 
Once so loud so, so nice and plain
F#

F#         C#
yeaaah  mmm
G#        F#      C#
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
C#
C#
C#
G# F# C#

Any suggestions please let me know 
in the comments.



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| ~  Vibrato
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up