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[Verse 1]
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You could no more kill the darkness
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Than you could raise the sun
A
And the sky was cold and black
A
Like the barrel of a gun

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And I remember the tremble
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In the words you spoke
A
As you balanced there on the brink
A
At the end of your rope

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And you came so close
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You came so close
A
You came so close to letting go

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[Verse 2]
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And you knew she would hate you
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She would kick you out
A
You'd been lying in the bed that you made
A
When you broke your vow

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Then you work in the wasteland
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Of the truth you told
A
And you turned to see she strayed
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She was bright as a band of gold

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And you came so close
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You came so close
A
You came so close to letting go

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To letting go


[Bridge]
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So don't let go, 'cause you never know
A                  A
Don't let go, you never know for sure
E                                  C#m
Don't let go, 'cause you never know
               B
You never know


[Verse 3]
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And the sky in Nashville
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It can bend you low
A
'Cause the winter here is gray
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Without a trace of snow

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But there is no shadow
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On the silver stars
A
And the colder the night is
A
The closer the heavens are

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And we're so close, We're so close
A                A
We're so close, We're so close
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So don't let go, 'Cause this I know
A              A
Don't let go, This I know for sure:
E               E                C#m
Don't let go, 'Cause this I know
                    B
This I know for sure
                  E
There's still hope