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)