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Intermediate πͺ
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πΈ Intro:
Em G D Em ( x4 )
πΈ Verse 1:
Em G
Trouble, is in the wind
D Em
Never be too long until she's come again
Em G D Em
She kissed a hurricane and now she's got the spirit of a runaway train
G D Em
Oh oh oh, so it goes, so it goes
G D Em G D Em
Oh oh oh, so it goes, so it goes
πΈ Verse 2:
Em G
This place, wears you down
D Em
You never get far inside a one horse town, well
Em G
You could have been someone
D Em
Want to take you with her but your will had gone
G D Em
Oh oh oh, so it goes, so it goes
G D Em
Oh oh oh, so it goes, so it goes
πΈ Chorus:
C G
And she said, forgive me father
D Em
This life is not for me
C G D Em
Sure as the water somehow finds its way right back to the sea
C G D G - G/F# - F#m7
I would stay but I would fade and my courage set me free
Cadd9 D Em G D Em G D Em
I know it hurts you so, you gotta let me go
πΈ Verse 3:
Em G
Thought you heard her name
D Em
She was rising from the dust out on the open plain
Em G
Screaming at the sky
D Em
Now comes the moment of the do or the die
G D Em
Oh oh oh, so it goes, so it goes
G D Em
Oh oh oh, so it goes, so it goes
πΈ Chorus:
C G
And she said, forgive me father
D Em
This life is not for me
C G D Em
Sure as the water somehow finds its way right back to the sea
C G D G - G/F# - F#m7
I would stay but I would fade and my courage set me free
Cadd9 D Em
I know it hurts you so, you gotta let me go
G D Em
Oh oh oh, woah oh, woah oh
G D Em
Oh oh oh, woah oh, woah oh
πΈ Chorus:
C G
Forgive me father
D Em
This life is not for me
C G D Em
Sure as the water somehow finds its way right back to the sea
C G D G - G/F# - F#m7
I would stay but I would fade and my courage set me free
Cadd9 D G - G/F# - F#m7
I know it hurts you so, you gotta let me go
Cadd9 D G - G/F# - F#m7
I know it hurts you so, you gotta let me go
Cadd9 D Em
I know it hurts you so, you gotta let me go
Song History
Published: October 5, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025