Tom: C
Am
You were sitting in your bed.
Em
You're grinning from ear to ear.
F C
I can smell the evening, somethings seem pleasing to you, only you.
Dm
I was waiting up for you,
C Em
But worried about you.
F
I put them to bed, they missed their dad.
C
Just where in Hell were you.
Am
The first step is always truth.
Em
Thats my first suggestion to you.
F
I can do my best if you'd get some rest.
C
Then you tell me just what you do.
Dm
I want to help you.
C
I want to bring you back to life,
F
but your sad sick brain knows one damn thing.
C
And god it comes out every night.
[Chorus]
Dm C
Don't let me go----------.
F C
Don't let me go----------.
[Verse]
Am
Your choices, they're hard to make.
Em
You make this harder everyday.
F
I'm sure I'm leaving, no more deceiving,
C
or fumbling for words to say.
Dm
I gave you everything I had.
C
I loved you till the death.
F
That hearts going to beat, you're able to breathe,
C
but surely you're dead to me.
Am
Those shivers and shakes your body makes
G
aren't going to go away.
F
Thats the price you pay for the games you've played.
C
Nothings going to change.
Dm
I can't help you.
C
I can't bring you back to life.
F
You can find your help from someone else
C C
who's there and who has the time.
[Chorus]
Dm C
Don't let me go----------.
F C
Don't let me go----------.
Dm C
You don't let me go----------.
F C
Don't let me go----------.
[Instrumental]
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|--7~--5~------3~------2~----3~--/7~---5~-|
E|-----------------------------------------|
[Verse]
(This whole verse is played in single notes on the A string. The number corresponds to the fret.
Let every note ring.)
3 /7 5 3
You try to get dressed and you put your shoes on.
2 3
Lets get to the car and lets make this right.
/7 5 3
The drive is short, but it sure feels long.
2 3
Thats just how it is when you're leaving home.
/7 5 3
This isn't the end of your life.
5 2 3
It's more like a pause and soon a start.
/7 5 3
You'll be back on your feet again in no time.
5 2
If you're not with me then to Hell, I'm not fine.
D|------------------3|
A|------------------3|
E|----3~------3--0--1|
(Now play only the E and A strings of these power chords)
F A G
I tried convincing God to change you.
F A G
We had it out and he said no.
F A G Em
He said "a choice is a choice" then he said you made it.
F Am G
He'd help you along but God why is nothing free?
F Am G
You filled me up with hope God I've used it.
F Am G
I've used it all on you can't you see it?
F Am G Em
There comes a time when you choose for another.
G|------------------------5~---------------------------------------------|
D|3-----------------------5~-------------5-------------------------------|
A|3---------------2-h3----3~--3-h5-------5---------------------5---------|
E|1--------------------------------------3-------------------------------|
So I'm making this choice for the three that we've made, you and me.
[Chorus]
(Power chords)
F C
Don't let me go---------------------.
Dm
Don't let me go---------------------.
G C
You don't let me go----------oh-no-no---.
