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With Valentine's Day approaching, this popular song that I love to hear from Diana Krall, is slow and smooth. Hope you enjoy playing this one in 4/4 time.
Love Letters
(Theme from the Paramount Picture LOVE LETTERS)Words by Edward Heyman
Music by Victor Young
Written in 1945
From the album, The Look of Love
Key of D, play moderately slow with expression.
Intro
D D/C# Bm Gm/Bb A7sus A7
D D/C#
The sky may be starless
Bm Bm7/A
The night may be moonless
G6 Em7 A7sus A#dim7
But deep in my heart there's a glow
Bm D7/A
for deep in my heart
G Gm6
I know that you love me
D/A Em7 G/A A7 D Ddim7 D
You love me, because you told me so
Modulate to G
G Em/G
Love letters straight from your heart
Am/G F#dim7/G Gmaj7
Keep us so near while we're apart
C#m7b5 F#7b9 F#7 Bm Dm/A E7
I'm not alone in the night
Am Fdim7/A E7/A Am Cm6/G D7
When I can have all the love you write
G Em/G
I memorize every line
Am/G F#dim7/G G7 G7b9
I kiss the name that you sign
Cmaj7 Am7b5 D7
And darling, then I read again
G/D G/B Bbdim7
Right from the start
Am7 C/D D7b9(13) G6 Bbdim7 Am7 D9sus D7
Love letters straight from your heart
Repeat from Key of G
Ending
Am7 C/D D7b9(13) G6 C6/G G6
Love letters straight from your heart
Chord Breakdown (Slash Chords)
Intro
L.H. / R.H.
D/F#A
C#/DF#A
B/DF#B
Bb/DGD
A/EGE
D/F#A The sky may be
C#/DF#A starless, the
B/DF#B night may be
A/DF#A moonless, but
G/BDE deep in my
E/BDA heart there's a
A/GDE glow
A#dim7 for
B/F#BD deep in my
AF#/CDA heart I
GD/BDA know that you
GE/BbDF# love me, You
AF#/ADA love me be-
EB/GDF# cause you
A/GBD told
A/AC# me
D/F#AD so!
F/G#BD
DF#/AC
Modulate
G/ABD Love letters
G/GBD straight
GD/F#BD from your
GBE/GBE heart
GE/AC keep us so
GF#/CEbA near while a-
GF#/BDF#B part
C#G/BE I'm not a-
F#G/A#EA# lone in the
B/DF#D night
A/DF
G#/DE
AE/CE when I can
AF/BDG# have all the
A/CEC love you
G/CEbA write.
F#CD
G/ABD I mem-o-
G/GBD rize
GD/F#BD ev'ry
GE/GBE line
GE/AC I kiss the
GF#/CEbA name that you
GF/BDFB sign
CG/CEB and darling,
A/EbGD then I red a-
D/DAC gain
D/GB right
B/GDA from the
Bb/GC#F# start
A/GCE love letters
D/CEG straight
D/CEGA from
D/EbF#B your
G/BDEG heart
G/EACD
GG/BDEG
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