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Version 2
            LETTER TO DANA - Sonata Arctica
Standard Tuning, 1/2 step down
[INTRO]
Em  G  C  D
Em  G  C  
Em  G  C  D
Em  G  C  
[VERSE]
Em                   D          Em
Dana my darling, I’m writing to you
           G                            Am        Em
Cause your father passed away, it was a beautiful day
      Am                       Em
And I don’t want to bother you anymore
          G                         Dsus4       D
I used to hope you’d come back, but not anymore Dana
   Em                           D          Em
My eyes might have betrayed me, but I have seen
     G                         Am         Em
Your picture on the cover of a filthy magazine
      Am                         Em
And I think my heart just cannot handle that
G                      Dsus4 D
Dana my darling, would be so bad
C  D  C  D
[MAIN THEME]
Em  G  C  D
Em  G  C  
Em  G  C  D
Em  G  C  
[VERSE]
Em                  D          Em
Dana my darling I’m writing to you
     G                           Am           Em
Your mother passed away it was a really rainy day
      Am                        Em
And I didn’t mean to bother you anymore
            G                            Dsus4          D
Your mother wished you'd come visit your fathers grave, Dana
     Em                    D              Em
Your father disowned you because you have sinned
G                            Am            Em
But he did forgive you in condition he was in
      Am                             Em
And I hope you won’t do those things anymore
G                   Dsus4   D       
Dana my darling I’m waiting for
[CHORUS]
       Em     G        C       D
Little Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear
      Em           G        C
How I wish that my Dana was here
       Em     G      C         D
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
   Em      G        C    G/B  Am
To travel away, faraway
[BRIDGE 1]
                          Em          D
No, you can’t surprise me anymore (woooah)
               C      G    Am
I have seen it all before
                      Em
But it seems I cannot let you go anyhow
D
Dana, Dana, Dana, Dana
[SOLO]
Em  G  C  D
Em  G  C  
Em  G  C  D
Em  G  C  
F#m  D  A  B
F#m  A  E  B
F#m  D  A  B
F#m  A  E  
[BRIDGE 2]
Em                    D                                
   And I think that I told you
C                      Em
   I’d wait for you forever
D                     
   Now I know someone else’s holding you
              C                       G/B     
   So for the first time in my life I must lie
Am              G    
   Lie’s a sin, mess that I am in
C                  D       Em
   Love is not the thing I feel know
Am                 G   
   I promise you I won’t write again 
           C          Em        Gm
  ‘Til the sun sets behind your grave
[SOLO]
Gm  F  Bb  C  Dm
Gm  F  Bb  Dm  
Em  D  C  G/B  Am  D  Em  D
Em  D  C  G/B  Am  D  Em  D
Em  Em  Em  D
[VERSE]
Em                 D          Em
Dana, oh, Dana I’m writing to you 
  G                              Am        Em
I heard you passed away it was a beautiful day
    Am                       Em
I’m old and I feel time will come for me 
   G                 Dsus4   D
My diary’s pages are full of thee
[KEY CHANGE]
       Gm     Bb       Eb      F
Little Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear
      Gm           Bb       Eb
How I wish that my Dana was here
       Gm     Bb     Eb        F
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
   Gm      Bb       Eb
To travel away, faraway
       Gm     Bb       Eb      F
Little Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear
      Gm           Bb       Eb
How I wish that my Dana was here
       Gm     Bb     Eb        F
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
   Gm      Bb       Eb
To travel away, faraway
       Gm     Bb       Eb      F
Little Dana O'Hara oh, Dana my dear
      Gm           Bb       Eb
How I wish that my Dana was here
       Gm     Bb     Eb        F
Little Dana O'Hara decided one day
   Gm      Bb       Eb
To travel away, faraway 
        
                