Intro
F# C#4 D#m7 C# B
[Verse 1]
F# C#
There goes my old girlfriend, there's another diamond ring.
D#m C# B
And, uh, all those late night promises I guess they don't mean a thing.
F# C#
So baby what's the story? Did you find another man ?
D#m
Is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made?
C# B C#
When you don't look back I guess the feeling starts to fade away.
F# D#m
I used to feel your fire but now it's cold inside.
C# B
And you're back on the street like you didn't miss a beat, yeah.
[Chorus]
A E
Tell me what it takes to let you go.
A E
Tell me how's the pain supposed to go.
A G# C#m C#m/B
Tell me how it is that you can sleep, in the night
C#m/A#
Without thinking you lost ev'rything that was good in your
A C E
life to the toss of the dice?, Tell me what it takes to let you go, yeah.
[Verse 2]
F# C#
Girl before I met you I was F.I.N.E, fine
D#m C# B
But your love made me a prisoner, yeah my heart's been doing time.
F# C#
You spent me up like money then you hung me out to dry.
D#m
It was easy to keep all your lies in disguise,
C# B C#
'Cause you had me in deep with the devil in your eyes.
[Chorus]
A E
Tell me what it takes to let you go.
A E
Tell me how's the pain supposed to go.
A G# C#m C#m/B
Tell me how it is that you can sleep, in the night
C#m/A#
Without thinking you lost ev'rything that was good in your
A C E
life to the toss of the dice?, Tell me what it takes to let you go... Guitar!
[Solo]
B C#m A E
B C#m A
[Bridge]
B F#
Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own. Yeah, yeah
A E
Yeah, tell me that is better when you're all alone.
Em D C
Tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch.
G
Tell me that my loving didn't mean that much.
B
Tell me you ain't dying when you're crying for me.
A
Tell me what it takes to let you . . .
. . . everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice.
A C E D#7
Tell me who's to blame for thinking twice. No, no no no.
[Outro]
A C E C#m
'Cause I don't wanna burn in paradise. Oh
A E
Let go, let go, let go I don't wanna burn in paradise.
C#m A E
Let it go, let it go, let it go . . . (one million times, fading)