Riff during chorus:

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[Verse 1]

             
She sits alone

          
 by a lamppost
             
Trying to find

              
 a thought tha

              
t's escaped he

  
r mind
             
She says "Dad'

              
s the one I lo

    
ve the most,
             
But Stipe's no

      
t far behind!"


[Verse 2]

             
  She never le

         
ts me in - onl

y tells me whe

re she's been
             
  When she's h

              
ad too much to

 
 drink
             
  I say that I

              
 don't care, I

      
 just run my h

ands through h

er dark hair, 

then I
             
  Pray to God,

              
 "You gotta he

           
lp me fly away

", (and just)


[Chorus]

             
Let her cry   

         
  if the tears

 fall down lik

e rain
             
Let her sing  

            
  if it eases 

       
all her pain
             
Let her go,   

          
  let her walk

 right out on 

me
           
And if the sun

 comes up tomo

rrow,
             
Let her be,   

        
let her be


[Solo]

            


[Verse 3]

             
  This morning

              
 I woke up alo

   
ne, found a no

te standing by

 the phone
             
  Saying "Baby

              
, maybe I'll b

  
e back someday

."
             
  I wanted to 

              
look for you; 

           
you walked in,

 I didn't know

 just what I s

hould do, so I
             
  Sat back dow

              
n, had a beer 

         
and felt sorry

 for myself


[Chorus]

             
Let her cry   

         
  if the tears

 fall down lik

e rain
             
Let her sing  

            
  if it eases 

       
all her pain
             
Let her go,   

          
  let her walk

 right out on 

me
           
And if the sun

 comes up tomo

rrow,
             
Let her be, oh

  
h...


[Interlude]

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[Verse 4]
             
  Last night I

              
 tried to leav

  
e, cried so mu

ch I could not

 believe
             
  She was the 

              
same girl I fe

              
ll in love wit

       
h long ago
             
  She went in 

              
the back to ge

       
t high; I sat 

down on my cou

ch and cried, 

yelling
             
  "Oh Mama! Pl

            
ease help me. 

Won't you hold

 my hand?"


[Chorus]

             
Let her cry   

         
  if the tears

 fall down lik

e rain
             
Let her sing  

            
  if it eases 

       
all her pain
             
Let her go,   

          
  let her walk

 right out on 

me
             
And if the sun

              
 comes up tomo

              
rrow, let her 


be

             
Let her cry   

         
  if the tears

 fall down lik

e rain
             
Let her sing  

            
  if it eases 

       
all her pain
             
Let her go,   

          
  let her walk

 right out on 

me
           
And if the sun

 comes up tomo

rrow,
             
Let her be,  o

           
h, let her be




Performance Notes:
        1. Tambourine
              one hit on the 2-beat starts at line 3 and continues during
              the verses
              double-time accent 3 during chorus and solo

        2. Drums:
             ride shimmer between line 4 and 5
             enter at first chorus
             don't play during last verse (shimmer accents only)
             play ride on bell during chorus

        3. Vocal harmonies
             first chorus on "if the sun comes up tomorrow"
             all other choruses over "let her {cry/see/go}" and
             "if the sun comes up tomorrow"

        4. Lead guitar
             arpeggiates chords during chorus
             play accents over last verse (wailing emotion, feedback
             effects, etc)
             classic Marshall/Les Paul sound

        5. All
             in the chorus after the solo and the last chorus, the last
             two lines are played with reduced dynamics - no drums,
             no strum, no tamb - just easing down