Let Me Down Easy - Sheppard

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Acoustic version: I looked at several acoustic versions on youtube. It's played slightly different each time 
so this is just one version that I like.

Asterisks (*) are the same chords but at the different frets. 
General strumming pattern:  D D U  U D U   //"The second D is silent" -- Django

        E  A  D  G  B  e
        |  |  |  |  |  |
:      5  7  7  6  5  5
:     5  7  5  6  5  5
:    x  4  6  6  5  4
:      x  5  7  7  7  5
:     x  5  7  5  7  5
:      0  2  2  1  0  0
*:     x  7  5  5  5  7
:  0  2  2  2  0  0
*: x  7  9  9  10 7  //You can do * * * if you feel like it.
:      1  3  3  2  1  1
:    2  4  4  2  2  2
*:   x  9  11 11 10 9



[Intro]

Ohhhhhh
Let me down easy, let me down easy, woah, before you go
Ohh, let me down easy, let me down easy, woah, before you go

             
Ba ba ba ba-da

       
 da ba ba ba

           
Ba ba ba ba-da

       
 da ba ba ba

             
Ba ba ba ba-da

 
 da ba ba ba

             
Ba ba ba ba-da

    
 da ba ba ba


[Verse 1]

             
Night and day 

              
I've been doin

       
g the math

          
To calculate w

              
here we wander

       
ed off track

             
But I know tha

            
t this love wa

              
s never easy

             
But something'

              
s faded inside

          
 of your heart

           
So you're crus

              
ading to tear 

   
us apart
  
             
But it's clear

            
 now, I know y

            
ou're gonna le

            
ave me

             
So disappear n

            
ow, I won't ge

                                  
t in your way


[Chorus]

            
Ohh, let me do

               
wn easy, 

          
Let me down ea

            
sy, woah, befo

            
re you go

            
Ohh, let me do

    
wn easy,  

          
Let me down ea

            
sy, woah, befo

            
re you go


[Verse 2]

             
How do I begin

             
 to convince y

*           
ou to love me

              
When you're a 

              
star in the sk

           
y up above me

            
And I'm too fa

                
r down below
              
             
Your heavy hea

              
rt's taken its

   
 toll

           
You've lost al

              
l the magic in

              
side of your s


oul

             
So sell me a l

            
ie before you 

        
hit the road


[Chorus]

            
Ohh, let me do

   
wn easy, 

          
Let me down ea

            
sy, woah, befo

             
re you go

            
Ohh, let me do

   
wn easy, 

          
Let me down ea

            
sy, woah, befo

         
re you go 


Woah Yeah!


[Bridge]

             
Cause I know Y

            
ou'd rather ru

              
n than stay an

     
d try

              
(Ba ba ba ba-d

   
a da ba ba ba)

             
Cause I know i

              
t's that much 

           
easier to say 

goodbye

              
(Ba ba ba ba-d

   
a da ba ba ba)

             
And I know so 

           
if you've made

 your mind

           
Take what you 

             
want and get o

#
ut of my life

             
But can you do

              
 this one last

  
 thing

         
and leave me w

           
ith my pride


[Chorus]

            
Ohh, let me do

   
wn easy, 

          
Let me down ea

            
sy, woah, befo

          
re you go

            
Ohh, let me do

   
wn easy, 

          
Let me down ea

            
sy, woah, befo

             
re you go 


[Verse 1]

             
Night and day 

              
I've been doin

       
g the math

          
To calculate w

              
here we wander

       
ed off track

             
But I know tha

            
t this love wa

              
s never easy

             
But something'

              
s fading insid

           
e of your hear

t

           
So you're crus

              
ading to tear 

   
us apart
  
             
But it's clear

            
 now, I know y

            
ou're gonna le

            
ave me

             
So disappear n

             
ow, I won't ge

                                  
t in your way

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