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