The Strength To Let Go chords by Switchfoot

Verse 1:

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

   D
forgiveness instead of applause

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

 D
alone, huh, yeah

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

  D
unraveling all of my pride

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

Chorus:

                            A   E   D
Give me the strength to let go

                             A   E   D
Give me the strength to surrender

                             F#m
Give me the strength to stop holding on

            E             D
I’ve been holding on so long

                            A   E   D
Give me the strength to let go

                        A   E   D
Show me the way to come home

                        A   E   D
Show me the way to come home

Verse 2:

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

D
voices inside of my brain

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

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

        D
and the faults of my failures and pain

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

Chorus:

                            A   E   D
Give me the strength to let go

                             A   E   D
Give me the strength to surrender

                             F#m
Give me the strength to stop holding on

            E             D
I’ve been holding on so long

                            A   E   D
Give me the strength to let go

                        A   E   D
Show me the way to come home

                        A   E   D
Show me the way to come home

Bridge:

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

         F#m                 D
I choose mercy instead of control

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

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

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

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

             A                   E
Here in your arms, I finally let down

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

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

Chorus:

                            A   E   D
Give me the strength to let … go

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

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

            E             D
I’ve been holding on so long

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

                        A   E   D
Show me the way to come home

                        A   E   D
Show me the way to come home