Chords with lyrics
Verse:
A minorAm
You were sitting in your bed.
E minorEm
You're grinning from ear to ear.
FF C majorC
I can smell the evening, somethings seem pleasing to you, only you.
DmDm
I was waiting up for you,
C majorC E minorEm
But worried about you.
FF
I put them to bed, they missed their dad.
C majorC
Just where in Hell were you.
A minorAm
The first step is always truth.
E minorEm
Thats my first suggestion to you.
FF
I can do my best if you'd get some rest.
C majorC
Then you tell me just what you do.
DmDm
I want to help you.
C majorC
I want to bring you back to life,
FF
but your sad sick brain knows one damn thing.
C majorC
And god it comes out every night.
Chorus:
DmDm C majorC
Don't let me go----------.
FF C majorC
Don't let me go----------.
Verse:
A minorAm
Your choices, they're hard to make.
E minorEm
You make this harder everyday.
FF
I'm sure I'm leaving, no more deceiving,
C majorC
or fumbling for words to say.
DmDm
I gave you everything I had.
C majorC
I loved you till the death.
FF
That hearts going to beat, you're able to breathe,
C majorC
but surely you're dead to me.
A minorAm
Those shivers and shakes your body makes
G+G
aren't going to go away.
FF
Thats the price you pay for the games you've played.
C majorC
Nothings going to change.
DmDm
I can't help you.
C majorC
I can't bring you back to life.
FF
You can find your help from someone else
C majorC C majorC
who's there and who has the time.
Chorus:
DmDm C majorC
Don't let me go----------.
FF C majorC
Don't let me go----------.
DmDm C majorC
You don't let me go----------.
FF C majorC
Don't let me go----------.
Instrumental:
e|-----------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--7~--5~------3~------2~----3~--/7~---5~-|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------|
Verse:
(This whole verse is played in single notes on the A augmentedA string. The number corresponds to the fret.
Let every note ring.)
3 /7 5 3
You try to get dressed and you put your shoes on.
2 3
Lets get to the car and lets make this right.
/7 5 3
The drive is short, but it sure feels long.
2 3
Thats just how it is when you're leaving home.
/7 5 3
This isn't the end of your life.
5 2 3
It's more like a pause and soon a start.
/7 5 3
You'll be back on your feet again in no time.
5 2
If you're not with me then to Hell, I'm not fine.
D MajorD|------------------3|
A augmentedA|------------------3|
E MajorE|----3~------3--0--1|
(Now play only the E MajorE and A augmentedA strings of these power chords)
FF A augmentedA G+G
I tried convincing God to change you.
FF A augmentedA G+G
We had it out and he said no.
FF A augmentedA G+G E minorEm
He said "a choice is a choice" then he said you made it.
FF A minorAm G+G
He'd help you along but God why is nothing free?
FF A minorAm G+G
You filled me up with hope God I've used it.
FF A minorAm G+G
I've used it all on you can't you see it?
FF A minorAm G+G E minorEm
There comes a time when you choose for another.
G+G|------------------------5~---------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|3-----------------------5~-------------5-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|3---------------2-h3----3~--3-h5-------5---------------------5---------|
E MajorE|1--------------------------------------3-------------------------------|
So I'm making this choice for the three that we've made, you and me.
Chorus:
(Power chords)
FF C majorC
Don't let me go---------------------.
DmDm
Don't let me go---------------------.
G+G C majorC
You don't let me go----------oh-no-no---.