Chords for Ralph McTell and Maggie Boyle - Let Me Down Easy
Tempo:
112.4 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
Em
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [E] Well, I'm delighted you chose this song.
[Fm] I'm still playing this from time to time in concert,
and it was on the Easy album just before you were born in 1973.
[Gm] I [F#] think it was 73 anyway.
It's [D#] called Let Me [E] Down Easy.
[A#]
[F#] [B]
[Em]
[F#] [B]
[F#]
[G] How [B] can I say [Em] it's just something [E] I feel
[C#m] Way down [F#] inside
[B] So hard [D] for me [Em] to try to explain it
[A] But something's [G] gone wrong
[F#] You're unable to hide
[B] Let me down [E] easy, [F#]
darling
[B] Be so kind, [E] Beth, and let me [F#] down slow
[B] Let me down [E] easy, [F#]
baby
So [Em] hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go
We [Em] [A]
[B]
[E] [F#]
are not [B] drifting
[Em] Not with one of [E] us still
[C#m] Left holding [F#] the line
[B] I'm the [Bm] wind that has moved [Em] you
Set yourself lifting [A] blows cold
[G] On the one who [F#] got caught loose behind
[B] Let me down [E] easy, [F#] darling
[B] Be so kind, Beth, and [E] let me [F#] down slow
[B] Let me down [E] easy
[F#]
Oh, so [G] hard, [A] so hard to let [B] go
[Em] [A]
[B]
[A#] [F#]
How [B] can I say it's [Em] just something I [E]
know
[C#m] From way down [F#]
inside
[B] No [Bm] use for you [Em] to try to conceive it
[A] It's enough [G] for me to [F#] know that you tried
[B] Let me down [E] easy
[F#]
Be [B] so kind, [E] Beth, and let me [F#] down slow
[B] Let me down [E] easy, [F#]
baby
It's [G] so hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go
So [Em] hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go
[N]
[Fm] I'm still playing this from time to time in concert,
and it was on the Easy album just before you were born in 1973.
[Gm] I [F#] think it was 73 anyway.
It's [D#] called Let Me [E] Down Easy.
[A#]
[F#] [B]
[Em]
[F#] [B]
[F#]
[G] How [B] can I say [Em] it's just something [E] I feel
[C#m] Way down [F#] inside
[B] So hard [D] for me [Em] to try to explain it
[A] But something's [G] gone wrong
[F#] You're unable to hide
[B] Let me down [E] easy, [F#]
darling
[B] Be so kind, [E] Beth, and let me [F#] down slow
[B] Let me down [E] easy, [F#]
baby
So [Em] hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go
We [Em] [A]
[B]
[E] [F#]
are not [B] drifting
[Em] Not with one of [E] us still
[C#m] Left holding [F#] the line
[B] I'm the [Bm] wind that has moved [Em] you
Set yourself lifting [A] blows cold
[G] On the one who [F#] got caught loose behind
[B] Let me down [E] easy, [F#] darling
[B] Be so kind, Beth, and [E] let me [F#] down slow
[B] Let me down [E] easy
[F#]
Oh, so [G] hard, [A] so hard to let [B] go
[Em] [A]
[B]
[A#] [F#]
How [B] can I say it's [Em] just something I [E]
know
[C#m] From way down [F#]
inside
[B] No [Bm] use for you [Em] to try to conceive it
[A] It's enough [G] for me to [F#] know that you tried
[B] Let me down [E] easy
[F#]
Be [B] so kind, [E] Beth, and let me [F#] down slow
[B] Let me down [E] easy, [F#]
baby
It's [G] so hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go
So [Em] hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go
[N]
Key:
B
F#
E
Em
A
B
F#
E
[G] _ [E] Well, I'm delighted you chose this song.
_ [Fm] I'm still playing this from time to time in concert,
and it was on the Easy album just before you were born in 1973.
[Gm] _ _ I [F#] think it was 73 anyway.
It's [D#] called Let Me [E] Down Easy.
_ _ [A#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [G] How [B] can I say _ _ [Em] it's just something [E] I feel
_ [C#m] Way down [F#] inside
_ [B] So hard [D] for me [Em] to try to explain it
[A] But something's [G] gone wrong
[F#] You're unable to hide
[B] Let me down _ [E] easy, _ [F#]
darling
[B] Be _ so kind, [E] Beth, and let me [F#] down slow
_ [B] Let me down _ [E] easy, _ [F#]
baby
So [Em] hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go _
We [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _
are not [B] drifting _ _
[Em] Not with one of [E] us still
[C#m] Left holding [F#] the line
[B] I'm the [Bm] wind that has moved [Em] you
Set yourself lifting [A] blows cold
[G] On the one who [F#] got caught loose _ behind
[B] Let me down _ [E] easy, _ [F#] darling
_ _ [B] Be so kind, Beth, and [E] let me [F#] down slow
_ [B] Let me down _ [E] easy
_ _ [F#]
Oh, so [G] hard, [A] so hard to let [B] go _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ [F#]
How [B] can I say _ _ it's [Em] just something I [E]
know
[C#m] From way down [F#]
inside
[B] No [Bm] use for you [Em] to try to conceive it
[A] It's enough [G] for me to [F#] know that you tried
_ [B] _ Let me down [E] easy
_ _ [F#] _
Be [B] _ _ so kind, [E] Beth, and let me [F#] down slow
[B] Let me down _ [E] easy, _ _ [F#] _
baby
It's [G] so hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go _
So _ _ [Em] hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [Fm] I'm still playing this from time to time in concert,
and it was on the Easy album just before you were born in 1973.
[Gm] _ _ I [F#] think it was 73 anyway.
It's [D#] called Let Me [E] Down Easy.
_ _ [A#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [G] How [B] can I say _ _ [Em] it's just something [E] I feel
_ [C#m] Way down [F#] inside
_ [B] So hard [D] for me [Em] to try to explain it
[A] But something's [G] gone wrong
[F#] You're unable to hide
[B] Let me down _ [E] easy, _ [F#]
darling
[B] Be _ so kind, [E] Beth, and let me [F#] down slow
_ [B] Let me down _ [E] easy, _ [F#]
baby
So [Em] hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go _
We [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _
are not [B] drifting _ _
[Em] Not with one of [E] us still
[C#m] Left holding [F#] the line
[B] I'm the [Bm] wind that has moved [Em] you
Set yourself lifting [A] blows cold
[G] On the one who [F#] got caught loose _ behind
[B] Let me down _ [E] easy, _ [F#] darling
_ _ [B] Be so kind, Beth, and [E] let me [F#] down slow
_ [B] Let me down _ [E] easy
_ _ [F#]
Oh, so [G] hard, [A] so hard to let [B] go _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ [F#]
How [B] can I say _ _ it's [Em] just something I [E]
know
[C#m] From way down [F#]
inside
[B] No [Bm] use for you [Em] to try to conceive it
[A] It's enough [G] for me to [F#] know that you tried
_ [B] _ Let me down [E] easy
_ _ [F#] _
Be [B] _ _ so kind, [E] Beth, and let me [F#] down slow
[B] Let me down _ [E] easy, _ _ [F#] _
baby
It's [G] so hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go _
So _ _ [Em] hard, [A] so hard to [B] let go _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _