Letter From My Darling

Bill Monroe

Key of G · Chords: I V

Verse 1

G
I can’t answer her letter
                   D7
For she left me no address
G
You should know my little darling
                       D7 G
You left my poor heart in distress

Verse 2

I got a letter from my darling
                      D7
She said she hated to go
                            G
It broke my heart the words she wrote me
                     D7         G
She closed by saying I love you so

Verse 3

This letter meant goodbye forever
                               D7
Though we'll have each other's hearts
                           G
Our love will fade away in sadness
                    D7         G
Precious one why do we have to part

Verse 2

I got a letter from my darling
                      D7
She said she hated to go
                            G
It broke my heart the words she wrote me
                     D7         G
She closed by saying I love you so

Verse 4

She wrote the words she knew would hurt me
                          D7
She said I never could be true
                                G
I've tried I've tried my little darling
            D7                G
To prove my love was just for you

Verse 2

I got a letter from my darling
                      D7
She said she hated to go
                            G
It broke my heart the words she wrote me
                     D7         G
She closed by saying I love you so