Letting You Go Chords

Letting You Go
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
From "Reunions" (2020)
 
[Intro riff]
              E             E          E
e|-------------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------------|------------------|
G|-------------1-----------|---1-----------1--|
D|----------0-h2--------0--|--h2--------0-h2--|
A|---2-0-h2----2-2-0-h2----|---2-2-0-h2----2--|
E|-0-----------0-----------|---0-----------0--|
 
[Intro]
| E | E |
 
[Verse]
          E                     A
The nurse helped us buckle your seat in the car
         E                     F#            B
And they sent us on our way, I drove home so slow
   E                        A
We had no instructions, the first days were hard
            E                     B          E       E riff
But there's things about babies a woman just knows - -
 
[Verse]
   E                        A
At three in the mornin' I'd lay my hand over
     E                           F#           B
Your heart just to know you were safe in your sleep
     E                       A
When you started walkin' I'd fight back the urge to stay
E                              B           E    E7
Right there beside you 'n keep you on your feet -
 
[Chorus]
    A                      E
But bein' your daddy comes natural
    A                      E
The roses just know how to grow
     A                       E                A
It's easy to see that you'll get where you're goin'
        E            B5          C#5
But the hard part is letting you go
    E            B5          E    E Riff
The hard part is letting you go - -
 
[Verse]
   E                       A
It didn't take long to see you got the best of me
    E                     F#            B
And your momma's merciful heart in your eyes
    E                         A
An' helpin' her raise you has taught me to see through
    E                            B          E     E7
The great fog of loneliness, the devil's disguise -
 
[Chorus]
    A                      E
But bein' your daddy comes natural
    A                      E
The roses just know how to grow
     A                       E                A
It's easy to see that you'll get where you're goin'
        E            B5          C#5
But the hard part is letting you go
    E            B5          E    E Riff
The hard part is letting you go - -
 
[Verse]
    E                     A
And now you've decided to be someone's wife
          E                            F#        B
And we'll walk down the aisle and I'll give you away
  E                          A
I wish I could walk with them back through your life
       E                    B          E   E Riff
To see every last minute of every last day -
 
[Verse]
   E                            A
To hear your first words and to feel your first heartbreak
   E                             F#            B
To sing you to sleep when you're scared of the dark
    E                   A
The best I can do is to let myself trust that you
E                               B          E     E7
Know who'll be strong enough to carry your heart -
 
[Chorus]
    A                      E
An' bein' your daddy comes natural
    A                      E
The roses just know how to grow
     A                       E                A
It's easy to see that you'll get where you're goin'
        E            B5          C#5
But the hard part is letting you go
    E            B5          E
The hard part is letting you go
 
[No outro]
 
Charted by Dexex
 
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