Return To Sender

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intro - baritone sax 6-note lick, then...
(capo 2) |D           |Bm     |Em         |A7
           (Return to sender.   Return to sender.)
 
verse 1
|D                       |Bm      |Em                 |A7
  I gave a letter to the postman,    he put it in his sack.
|D                      |Bm         |Em        A7     |D
  Bright and early next morning, he brought my letter back.
 
chorus
He wrote upon it:
|G          |A7      |G           |A7
  Return to sender,     address unknown.
|G        |A7      |D        |D7
  No such number,    no such zone.
|G       |A7       |G          |A7
We had a quarrel,    a lover's spat
|E7         |            |                   |A7
I write I'm sorry but my letter keeps coming back.
 
verse 2
|D                          |Bm     |Em                   |A7
So then I dropped it in the mailbox   and sent it special D.
|D                    |Bm        |Em        A7      |D
Bright and early next morning it came right back to me.
 
chorus
He wrote upon it:
|G          |A7      |G           |A7
  Return to sender,     address unknown.
|G        |A7      |D        |D7
  No such person,    no such zone.
 
bridge
|G                  |                  |D                  |
This time I'm gonna take it myself and put it right in her hand.
    |E7                  |             |A7            | 
And if it comes back the very next day then I'll understand...
 
chorus
... the writing on it.
|G          |A7      |G           |A7
  Return to sender,     address unknown.
|G        |A7      |D        |D7
  No such number,    no such zone.
 
outro
|G          |A7     |G          |A7     |G          |A7
  Return to sender.   Return to sender.   Return to sender.
|D// /  /    /
     No such zone.