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Beatles - Petty - Johnny Cash - Eagles - John Denver - Dylan

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    Let Her Go

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    Here's my lesson showing you how to strum and sing this great tune. Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more lessons like this one.


     

    Originally recorded Capo 7 using key of C chord shapes.  Most solo strummers will prefer this fuller-sounding no-capo version.

     

    Chord Guide

           32 1

    C:    x32010

    		          132

    D:    xx0232

    		        12

    Em:   022000

    		       3    4

    G:    3x0003

           13421

    Bm:   x24432

    		  

    		  

    		  

     

    Strumming Guide

    For Intro and First Chorus:

        >       >

    d   D   D U D U

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

    		 For Rest of Song:

     

    D   d   D U D U

    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

     

     

    Intro (repeat x2):  

    / C - - - / C - D - / Em - - - / D - - - /

    / C - - - / C - D - / Em - - - / Em - D - /

     

    Chorus:

                                       C                                    G

    Well, you only need the light when it's burning low

                           D                                  Em

    Only miss the sun when it starts to snow

                            C                                      G      D (2)

    Only know you love her when you let her go

                                        C                                     G

    Only know you've been high when you're feeling low

                         D                                           Em

    Only hate the road when you're missing home

                           C                                       G      D (2)

    Only know you love her when you let her go                 

     

    And you let her go

     

    / Em - - - / C - - - / D - - - / Bm - - - /

    / Em - - - / C - - - / D - - - / - - - - /

     

       Em                                      C                              

    Staring at the bottom of your glass

                D                                         Bm                           

    Hoping one day you'll make a dream last

                                 Em                    C         D (2)                           

    But dreams come slow and they go so fast

             Em                                    C                            

    You see her when you close your eyes

               D                                     Bm                           

    Maybe one day you'll understand why

                             Em             C     D (2)                                              

    Everything you touch, surely dies

     

    Chorus

     

       Em                                  C                                                                

    Staring at the ceiling in the dark

                   D                                Bm                            

    Same old empty feeling in your heart

                                  Em                  C        D (2)                  

    'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast

                    Em                              C                            

    Well you see her when you fall asleep

                              D                         Bm                           

    But never to touch and never to keep

                                           Em                        C          D (2)        

    'Cause you loved her too much and you dive too deep

     

    Chorus

       

    And you let her go

     

    Bridge:

    Em     C   D (2)                                                      

    Oh oh oh no      And you let her go

    Em     C   D (2)                                                      

    Oh oh oh no      Well you let her go

                                                              

    / Em - - - / C - - - / D - - - / Bm - - - /

    / Em - - - / C - - - / D - - - / - - - - /

     

    Chorus

     

    Chorus (one strum per chord first half, a capella second half)

     

    And you let her go

     

    End on Em (or a capella)


    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.