Island Letter — Shuggie Otis
Chords and lyrics for Island Letter by Shuggie Otis (key of A).
Verse 1
...ISLAND LETTER... by Shuggie Otis
*from 'Inspiration Information' (1974)*
Intro
Emaj7 Dmaj7 (x7)
Verse 1
[G#] [Adim]How...
Did you [Bbm7]think about me at [Fm7]all?
Or just [Bbm7]happen to hear my [Fm7]call?
'Cos I [Bbm7]didn't get the chance to [Fm7]tell you,
That [Bbm7]I would want to see you [A9]a-gain.
[A7sus2]Oh...
Bridge 1
[G#m7] How.. [G7sus4]I...
[F#m7] Need... [B(b9)]you.
Chorus 1
Emaj7 Dmaj7 (x7)
Ohh...
Verse 2
[G#] We...[Adim] talked,
About your [Bbm7]beaches and we [Fm7]laughed,
About your [Bbm7]trip to the States; what a [Fm7]gas.
And you're [Bbm7]here, without holding the [Fm7]past.
Could you [Bbm7]tell that this was going to [A9]last?
Bridge 2
[A7sus2]I... [G#m7]want [Amaj7]you.
Interlude
[G#m7] [A] [B]
[G#m7] [A] [B]
[G#m7] [A] [B] [D] [A] [C#m7]
[G#m7] [A] [Dmaj7] [A] [G#m7] [F#m7] [Dmaj7]
Break
[A6] [B6/A] [A6]
[A6] [Bbm7]
Transtion + Outro
[Fm7] [Bbm7]
[Fm7] [Bbm7]
[A9] [A9sus4] [A]
[G#m7] [F#m7]
[G#m7] [A] [B]
[G#m7] [A] [B]
[G#m7] [A] [B] [D] [A] [C#m7]
[G#m7] [A] [Dmaj7] [A] [G#m7] [F#m7] [Dmaj7]
[Emaj7] [Dmaj7] [G#7] [F7] [Bbm7] [Fm7] [A7] [G]
[B] [Fdim] [F#m7] [B7] [G#m7] [A] [D] [E]
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