Let her go

Let her go - Passenger 2012
Written by Mike Rosenberg (Passenger)
Folk Rock

There is two way to play that song, one with standard tuning and the one with the capo on fret 7. This one is with standard tuning to make it more easy and if you want to play it with the capo on, you must change the chords Bm for Em... C = F, D = G, Dsus4 = Gsus4, Em = Am, G = C.

STANDARD TUNING version

Bm = X24432
C = X32010
D = XX0232
Dsus4 = XX0233
Em = 022000
G = 320003

[Intro]
C    D   Em   D (3x)
C      D      Em

[Long intro]
                        C                       G
Well you only need the light when its burning low
               D                       Em
Only miss the sun when its starts to snow
                C                       G      D(sus4)
Only know you love her when you let her go
                       C                        G  
Only know you’ve been high when youre feeling low
               D                        Em
Only hate the road when youre missin home
                C                          G    D(sus4)
Only know you love her when youve let her go

And you let her go

[Song start-up]
Em     C     D     Bm
Em    C     D(sus4)

[Verse 1]
Em                              C
Staring at the bottom of your glass
       D                             Bm
Hoping one day you will make a dream last
                 Em            C        D(sus4)
The dreams come slow and goes so fast
     Em                           C
You see her when you close your eyes
       D                          Bm
Maybe one day you will understand why
                Em            C       D(sus4)
Everything you touch all it dies

[Chorus]
                        C                      G
But you only need the light when its burning low
               D                       Em
Only miss the sun when its starts to snow
                C                         G       D(sus4)
Only know you love her when youve let her go
                       C                        G
Only know youve been high when youre feeling low
               D                        Em
Only hate the road when youre missin home
                C                         G       D(sus4)
Only know you love her when youve let her go

[Verse 2]
Em                             C
Staring at the ceiling in the dark
          D                     Bm
Same ol empty feeling in your heart
            Em              C         D(sus4)
Love comes slow and it goes so fast
         Em                      C
Well you see her when you fall asleep
                  D                Bm
But to never to touch and never to keep
                          Em
Because you loved her too much
         C                D(sus4)
And you dive too deep

[Chorus]
                        C                      G
But you only need the light when its burning low
               D                       Em
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
                C                         G      D(sus4)
Only know you love her when youve let her go
                       C                        G
Only know youve been high when youre feeling low
               D                        Em
Only hate the road when youre missin home
                C                           G     D(sus4)
Only know your love her when youve let her go
                Em
And you let her go
       C       D
Ooooo ooooo oooooo
                Em
And you let her go
          C      D
Ooooooo ooooo ooooo
                Em
And you let her go

C    D
Em    C    D

[Chorus]
                           C                      G
Cause you only need the light when its burning low
               D                       Em
Only miss the sun when its starts to snow
                C                           G      D(sus4)
Only know you love her when you’ve let her go
                       C                        G
Only know youve been high when youre feeling low
               D                         Em
Only hate the road when youre missin home
               C                           G     D(sus4)
Only know you love her when youve let her go

[Chorus]
                          C                       G
Cause you only need the light when its burning low
               D                       Em
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
                C                           G      D (gentle stroke)
Only know you love her when youve let her go

[Guitar fading out]

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