Let her go
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
Let Her Go in G
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(Prologue)
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Well you only need the light when it's burning low
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Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
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Only know you love her when you let her go
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Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
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Only hate the road when you’re missin' home
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Only know you love her when you let her go
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And you let her go
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Staring at the bottom of your glass
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Hoping one day you'll make a dream last
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But dreams come slow and they go so fast
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You see her when you close your eyes
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Maybe one day you'll understand why
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Everything you touch surely dies
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But you only need the light when it's burning low
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Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
-4 +5 -4 +4 -4 +4 -3 -3 -3 +2 +4 (+2 -3 +4)
Only know you love her when you let her go
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Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
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Only hate the road when you're missin' home
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Only know you love her when you let her go
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Staring at the ceiling in the dark
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Same old empty feeling in your heart
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'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast
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Well you see her when you fall asleep
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But never to touch and never to keep
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'Cause you loved her too much
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And you dived too deep
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Well you only need the light when it's burning low
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Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
-4 +5 -4 +4 -4 +4 -3 -3 -3 +2 +4 (+2 -3 +4)
Only know you love her when you let her go
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Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
+6 +6 +6 +6 +6 -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 +5
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
-4 +5 -4 +4 -4 +4 -3 -3 -3 +2 +4 (+2 -3 +4)
Only know you love her when you let her go
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And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
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And you let her go (oh, oh, ooh, oh no)
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Will you let her go?
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'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
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Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
+6 +6 +6 +6 +6 -5 -5 -5 -5 +5 +6 +5 (+2 -3 +4)
Only know you love her when you let her go
+6 +6 +6 +6 +6 -6 +6 +6 -4 +4 +5 +5
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
+6 +6 +6 +6 +6 -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 +5
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
+6 +6 +6 +6 +6 -5 -5 -5 -5 +5 +6 +5 (+2 -3 +4)
Only know you love her when you let her go
+5 +5 -4 +5 -4 +4 +4 +4 -3 +4 -3 +4
'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
-4 +5 -4 +4 -4 -4 +4 +5 -4 -4 +4
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
-4 +5 -4 +4 +5 +4 -3 -3 -3 +2 +4
Only know you love her when you let her go
+5 +5 +5 -4 +4 +4 +4 -3 +4 -3 +4
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
-4 +5 -4 +4 -4 -4 +4 +5 -4 -4 +4
Only hate the road when you're missin' home
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Only know you love her when you let her go
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And you let her go