Let Her Go Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Capo:	no capo

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Fmaj7

Am7

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Mac Demarco
Let Her Go
Salad Days (2014)
Captured Tracks
 
C X-3-2-0-1-0
F Fmaj7 1-3-3-2-1-0
G7* X-2-3-0-3-0
Am7 X-0-2-0-1-0
Em7 0-1-0-0-0-0
F * 1-3-0-0-0-0
G6 3-2-0-0-0-0
 
Capo - Album version 6th Fret and Acoustic version 4th fret.
 
 
[Intro]
 
C   F   G7*
C   F   G7*
C   F   G7*
C   F   G7*
 
 
[Verse]
 
C                 F      G7*   C          F     G7*
Tell her that you love her, if you really love her
C               F             G7*           C         F          G7*
But when your heart just aint sure, let her know
 
C            F  G7*   C              F      G7*
Growing by the hour, love just like a flower
C                   F                G7*
But when the flower dies, youve got to say goodbye
           C      F         G7*  G7*
And let her go
 
 
[Chorus]
 
             Am7  (Riff 1 below)   Em7      Am7   (Riff 2 below)    Em7            F*      F*
Let her go
             Am7  (Riff 1 below)   Em7      Am7   (Riff 2 below)     Em7          F*      G6
Let her go
 
 
[Verse]
 
C                   F   G7*   C                 F      G7*
Tell her that youll be there, if youll really be there
C               F             G7*
Separations supposed to make the heart grow fond
           C         F          G7*
But it dont
C                F    G7*        C              F      G7*
So tell her that you love her, if you really love her
   C                  F      G7*                  C       F      G7*      G7*
But when your heart just aint sure, let her go
 
 
[Chorus]
 
             Am7  (Riff 1 below)   Em7      Am7   (Riff 2 below)    Em7            F*   F*
Let her go
             Am7  (Riff 1 below)   Em7      Am7   (Riff 2 below)    Em7            F*   F*
Let her go
             Am7  (Riff 1 below)   Em7      Am7   (Riff 2 below)    Em7            F*   F*
Let her go
             Am7  (Riff 1 below)   Em7      Am7   (Riff 2 below)    Em7            F*    G6
Let her go
 
 
[Outro]
 
C   F   G7* (Fade Out)
 
 
Riff 1              Riff 2
    Am7     Em7  Am7       Em7    F    F*
e|-0-0-0-3---0----0-0-0-0---0-----1----0--|
B|-1-3-1-1---0----1-0-1-3---0-----1----0--|
G|-0-0-0-0---0----0-0-0-0---0-----2----0--|
D|-2-2-2-2---0----2-2-2-2---0-----3----3--|
A|-0-0-0-0---2----0-0-0-0---2-----3----3--|
E|-----------0--------------0-----1----1--|
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22 comments

its a G6 not a G7 yall.

Yeah G6 sounds nicer I think but when I watch him play it acoustic it looks like he plays a G7, but the way i mentioned above? Have a listen to that and you can hear his weird G7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZy1M32ry6M&feature=kp

I like to play the chorus riff like this (with capo on 6th): [tab] e|------------------3-------------------------------------------------------| B|---5---3---5------------------------------3-------------------------------| G|----------------------4-----5---4---5---------4-----0---2-----------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------0h2---5-| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| [/tab]