The Strength To Let Go chords by Switchfoot

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

A augmentedA               E MajorE
I don’t like to admit when I’m wrong and need gifts of

  D MajorD
forgiveness instead of applause

   F# minorF#m         E MajorE
I was dying to prove to myself I could make it

 D MajorD
alone, huh, yeah

    A augmentedA             E MajorE
It took years to confess that your love was the best at

 D MajorD
unraveling all of my pride

    F# minorF#m            E MajorE         N.C.
Had to laugh at myself when I realized you were my home

Chorus:

              A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Give me the strength to let go

               A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Give me the strength to surrender

               F# minorF#m
Give me the strength to stop holding on

      E MajorE       D MajorD
I’ve been holding on so long

              A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Give me the strength to let go

            A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Show me the way to come home

            A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Show me the way to come home

Verse 2:

     A augmentedA             E MajorE
Yeah I’m stubborn and bold but sometimes it gets old fighting

D MajorD
voices inside of my brain

   F# minorF#m           E MajorE            D MajorD
I was trying to pretend I was fine when inside it was war

     A augmentedA          E MajorE
With the stumbling beat of my heart and my feet

    D MajorD
and the faults of my failures and pain

     F# minorF#m           E MajorE            D MajorD
To think all of this time I have wings that were ready to soar

Chorus:

              A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Give me the strength to let go

               A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Give me the strength to surrender

               F# minorF#m
Give me the strength to stop holding on

      E MajorE       D MajorD
I’ve been holding on so long

              A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Give me the strength to let go

            A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Show me the way to come home

            A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Show me the way to come home

Bridge:

  D MajorD          A augmentedA         E MajorE
Oh love, light the way home, light up my soul

     F# minorF#m         D MajorD
I choose mercy instead of control

       A augmentedA           E MajorE
My life is on loan, forgive and let go

  F# minorF#m    E MajorE      D MajorD
I embrace a belief I don’t know

         A augmentedA            E MajorE
What a beautiful sound, to lay your life down

    F# minorF#m     E MajorE     D MajorD
your forgiveness is where I am found

       A augmentedA          E MajorE
Here in your arms, I finally let down

   N.C.            D MajorD  A augmentedA  E MajorE
I am lightning and you are the ground

                N.C.
I am lightning and you are the ground

Chorus:

              A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Give me the strength to let … go

                 A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Won’t you give me the faith to surrender

                   F# minorF#m
Come on give me the strength to stop holding on

      E MajorE       D MajorD
I’ve been holding on so long

                   A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Won't you give me the strength to let go

            A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Show me the way to come home

            A augmentedA  E MajorE  D MajorD
Show me the way to come home