Capo
4
Difficulty
Intermediate 💪
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: E
Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
Am E F C
Am F C C
Verse 1:
Am E F C
What would you like me to explain before we get started?
Am F C
Don’t want to get deep ’cause I’m on a high
Am E F C
You gotta come down, I’m way too fucked up to be that brilliant
Am F C
Causing emotions and feelings sublime
E
You’re just pulling too tight
Chorus:
F C A7 Dm G Dm
Hey man, you’re hanging on too tight
G F C
A stupid yellow kite, let me go
Verse 2:
Am E F C
I laid on my back, flat and strained like a distortion
Am F C
The weather was warm, my life in your hands
Am E F C
It was easier when I just stuttered through my existence
Am F C E
Now I swing back and forth, chasing the wind from end to end
Chorus:
F C A7 Dm G C
Hey man, you’re hanging on too tight
F Dm G Dm G
A stupid yellow kite
let me go
Dm G
Let me go
Bridge:
Eb Gm
Dm Bb7 Eb Gm Dm
Let me slip away, let me slip away
Bb7 Eb Gm Dm
Let me slip away, let me slip away
Bb7
Let me slip away, let me slip away
Chorus:
F C A7 Dm G C
Hey man, you’re hanging on too tight
F C A7 Dm G7
Hey man, you’re hanging on too tight
Dm G Dm G
Outro:
Dm G Dm G
Let me go
Dm G F C
The world looks small from way up here
Song History
Published: May 8, 2026
Last Updated: May 8, 2026