Let Me Down Easy chords by The Stranglers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

A E Bm F# (x2)


Verse:

A           E     Bm          F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy
A           E     Bm          F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy

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

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


A           E     Bm          F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy
A           E     Bm          F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy


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


keyboard solo: E G F


A           E     Bm          F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy
A           E     Bm          F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy


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


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


A           E     Bm          F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy
A           E     Bm          F#
Let me down easy, let me down easy

(repeat until fade)