Intro
E B4 C#m7 B A
[Verse 1]
E B
There goes my old girlfriend, there's another diamond ring.
C#m B A
And, uh, all those late night promises I guess they don't mean a thing.
E B
So baby what's the story? Did you find another man ?
C#m
Is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made?
B A B
When you don't look back I guess the feeling starts to fade away.
E C#m
I used to feel your fire but now it's cold inside.
B A
And you're back on the street like you didn't miss a beat, yeah.
[Chorus]
G D
Tell me what it takes to let you go.
G D
Tell me how's the pain supposed to go.
G F# Bm Bm/A
Tell me how it is that you can sleep, in the night
Bm/G#
Without thinking you lost ev'rything that was good in your
G A# D
life to the toss of the dice?, Tell me what it takes to let you go, yeah.
[Verse 2]
E B
Girl before I met you I was F.I.N.E, fine
C#m B A
But your love made me a prisoner, yeah my heart's been doing time.
E B
You spent me up like money then you hung me out to dry.
C#m
It was easy to keep all your lies in disguise,
B A B
'Cause you had me in deep with the devil in your eyes.
[Chorus]
G D
Tell me what it takes to let you go.
G D
Tell me how's the pain supposed to go.
G F# Bm Bm/A
Tell me how it is that you can sleep, in the night
Bm/G#
Without thinking you lost ev'rything that was good in your
G A# D
life to the toss of the dice?, Tell me what it takes to let you go... Guitar!
[Solo]
A Bm G D
A Bm G
[Bridge]
A E
Tell me that you're happy that you're on your own. Yeah, yeah
G D
Yeah, tell me that is better when you're all alone.
Dm C A#
Tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch.
F
Tell me that my loving didn't mean that much.
A
Tell me you ain't dying when you're crying for me.
G
Tell me what it takes to let you . . .
. . . everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice.
G A# D C#7
Tell me who's to blame for thinking twice. No, no no no.
[Outro]
G A# D Bm
'Cause I don't wanna burn in paradise. Oh
G D
Let go, let go, let go I don't wanna burn in paradise.
Bm G D
Let it go, let it go, let it go . . . (one million times, fading)