Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari debut album studio pertama miliknya yang bertajuk Tigerlily.
Album yang dirilis melalui label Elektra Records itu berhasil menduduki posisi ke-13 di US Billboard 200.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Letter” dari Natalie Merchant.
Capo 2
Intro:
A D A A
Verse:
A D A
If I ever write this letter
A D A
Oh, the pages I could write
F#m B E
But I don't know where to send it
D A B E
You have vanished, heaven knows where you live
D A
Heaven only knows
Verse:
A D A
If I ever write this letter
A D A
Bitter words it would contain
F#m B E
Just an unrequited lover
D A B E
Wishing she had never spoken your name
D A
Had never known your name
Verse:
A D A
But if I ever write this letter
A D A
The truth it would reveal
F#m B E
Knowing you brought me pleasure
D A B E
How I'll often treasure moments that we knew
D A
The precious, the few
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