"Letter Full of Tears" Bridge

A modest hit for Gladys Knight & the Pips in their pre-Motown days, Letter Full of Tears was written by Don Covay, who went on to write such songs as Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin) and Sookie, Sookie (Steppenwolf).

     A                                                     E

         I thought we had a love so strong, 

E: IV                                                     I

E7                         A                                                    E    

       It would     take a lifetime to break us apart,

V7/IV           IV                                                    I

         E7            A                                        E          D©o   C©m

Oh yeah,  but I found out today I was    wro  -  o  -  ong

    V7/IV         IV                                        I           viio    vi   

         F©7                                          B7               

And my reward was a broken heart 

      V7/V                                        V7