Let Me Down Easy chords by The Stranglers

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

A augmentedA E MajorE B minorBm F#F# (x2)


Verse:

A augmentedA      E MajorE   B minorBm     F#F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy
A augmentedA      E MajorE   B minorBm     F#F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy

    D MajorD            A augmentedA
When I rest my weary head after all the words are said
    D MajorD           C majorC          A augmentedA
When my eyelids close with the weight of a hundred years
          G+G         FF   A augmentedA
Please let me down easy, let me down easy

  D MajorD             F#F#           G+G
My boat can slip away into a calmer sea, let me down easy
 C majorC              E MajorE
I know there'll be nothing to fear


A augmentedA      E MajorE   B minorBm     F#F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy
A augmentedA      E MajorE   B minorBm     F#F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy


  D MajorD             F#F#             G+G
My body slips away out into weightlessness, let me down easy
   C majorC              E MajorE
Now I know that there's nothing to fear


keyboard solo: E MajorE G+G FF


A augmentedA      E MajorE   B minorBm     F#F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy
A augmentedA      E MajorE   B minorBm     F#F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy


    D MajorD              A augmentedA
When I rest my aching heart, after it's been torn apart
    D MajorD            C majorC         A augmentedA
When my tears have flowed on the tide of a hundred seas
          G+G         FF  A augmentedA
Please let me down easy, let me down easy


 D MajorD              F#F#         G+G
Affection slips away into my memory, let me down easy
     C majorC            E MajorE
There's a better time waiting for me


A augmentedA      E MajorE   B minorBm     F#F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy
A augmentedA      E MajorE   B minorBm     F#F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy

(repeat until fade)