Chords
Letter To A Pretty Girl

Key: G

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
G                      C  
Hey, hey, Carla
                  D                            G  
It's a long way to Missouri
B7                    Em  
From this highway
Am                 D  
East of Roanoke
G                    C  
We had a moment
D                                    G  
That felt like summer
B7              Em  
Now in slumber
Am                                 D  
I can see your smile
G                                 C  
We drive for miles
D                                            G  
Through corporate Ohio
B7                                            Em  
Rest stops in West Virginia
Am                                                 D  
Traffic in Washington DC
          G  
But of all the scenes that I see
                F  
Played out this window to the left of me
Em                                                 Cm  
The thought of you it shines
G      C      C/B      Am      D                      G  
The band plays on, I keep the time
G                                      C  
We play in the night time
D                              G  
Awake before sunrise
B7                                              Em  
Wipe the sleep from my eyes
Am                                 D  
Coffee my best friend
G                                            C  
You dance between classes
D                                            G  
Complete difficult assignments
B7                                      Em  
Wonder where the time went
Am                                                      D  
Out drinking with your friends
G                                    C  
We see a lot of beauty
D                              G  
Some becomes ordinary
B7                                                                 Em  
Mountains, and canyons, and prairies
Am                                                    D  
Sunset over Chesapeake Bay
G                         C  
Dear, dear Carla
D                                              G  
It's only that I'm askin'
B7                                                                 Em  
Make time more easy for the passin'
Am                                                              D  
If I knew I would see you again
        G  
Of all the beauty that I see
        F  
Out this window to the left of me
Em                                                         Cm  
The thought of you it shines
G      C         C/B      Am    D                         G  
The band plays on, I keep the time
          C         C/B  Am            D                            G  
The time is marked, between the lines
        C  C/B  Am      D                         G  
Hmmm...                 I keep the time