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LETTERBOX
 by they might be giants

Intro E A E A E A E A

     E                                         A                       E   A
I'll never know what you find when you open up your letterbox tomorrow
                  E                                     A                          
Cause the little bird never tells me anything I want to know she's my best friend she's a
    E            A 
sparrow
               F#m                               A                               E     A
And I'll never know what you never never want to know when you know what you are o

E     A

If I had a pair of eyes on the back of my head for each time
You forgot to take out all the things you forgot to talk about when you took a bite out of my spine,
I would have a lot of eyes on me by this time wouldn't I? Wouldn't that just be fine.

E       A

B                        C#m                  F#m                           B
Too late or soon to make noise about love and there's no time for sorrow

C#m                           F#                          B    B/A    B/G#   B/F#
Run around in the rain with a hole in the brain till tomorrow

     E                                         A                       E   A
I'll never know what you find when you open up your letterbox tomorrow
                  E                                     A                          
Cause the little bird never tells me anything I want to know she's my best friend she's a
    E            A 
sparrow
               F#m                               A                               E
And I'll never know what you never never never want to know when you know what you are o