BbGm
I was running off trying not to fall,
Dm
someone said excuse man you got a call
BbGmDm
This voice I never heard before was on the other end
BbGm
It was the telephone lady and I needed to pay my bill,
Dm
she said in soft and open trill
BbGmDm
I fell so hard but I knew soon she’d be gone again
EbFBbBb/AGm
Incoming isolation, thank god for predestination
EbFBb
You know me I always take it in stride
[Verse 2]
BbGm
Do you wear your hair long, or keep it short,
Dm
do you live in Utah or off the coast of Cape Horn
BbGmDm
We could meet up on a drawbridge somewhere in between
BbGm
Or hell, I’ll just come your way,
Dm
our first date can be on the Champs-Elysees,
BbGmDm
then later you can break my heart on a stranger’s trampoline
EbFBbBb/AGm
Incoming isolation, thank god for masturbation
EbFBb
You know me I always take it in stride
[Chorus]
EbFBb
Just let me down easy, let me down good
Bb/AGmEb
I saw it coming, even before you could
FBb
So let me down easy and I’ll be gone
[Verse 3]
BbGm
While I’m off in my unruly dream,
Dm
you’re talking about some new unlimited plan
BbGm
And I’m walkin back to our houseboat on the Thames
Dm
when I found you in bed with another man
BbGm
I shake my head, I should’ve known,
Dm
I walk backwards hoping that time will come along
BbGmDm
You say is there anything else that I can help you with
[Chorus]
(single strums)
EbFBb
Just let me down easy, let me down good
Bb/AGmEb
I saw it coming, even before you could
FBb
So let me down easy and I’ll be gone
[Post Chorus]
EbFGm
But why didn’t you say something,
GmGm/AGm/BbBb/FEb
why didn’t you say something,
EbFGmGm/A
why didn’t you say, why didn’t you say
EbFGm
But why didn’t you say something,
GmGm/AGm/BbBb/FEb
why didn’t you say something,
EbFGm
why didn’t you say, why didn’t you say
Gm (3x) then G
CmFBbBb7G
Is there anything else I can do for you
[Chorus]
(single strums)
EbFBb
Just let me down easy, let me down good
Bb/AGmEb
I saw it coming, even before you could
FBb
So let me down easy and I’ll be gone
[Post-Chorus]
(Singing Chorus at the same time, as a counter melody)
EbFGm
But why didn’t you say something,
GmGm/AGm/BbBb/FEb
why didn’t you say something,
EbFGmGm/A
why didn’t you say, why didn’t you say
EbFGm
But why didn’t you say something,
GmGm/AGm/BbBb/FEb
why didn’t you say something,
EbFGm
why didn’t you say, why didn’t you say
(single strums)
EbFBb
But why didn’t you say something,
BbBb/AGmEb
why didn’t you say something,
EbFBb
why didn’t you say, why didn’t you say
(Everything stops for a sec)
[Bridge]
Bb7Eb7Gm
Oh yes one more thing, can I take one more second of your time
CFBb
Totally unrelated, back to those first few years when we dated
Bb/AGmC
Oh man what a life, before you got faded,
FBb
I quit my job and we were ready for the world
Bb/AGmC
Oh yes one more thing, one thing on my mind
EbBb
My grandmother’s ring on the 4th of July
Bb/AGmC
Keep it if you like, wear it if you may,
EbBb
she would’ve liked you better anyway
[Outro]
EbFGm
But why didn’t you say something,
GmGm/AGm/BbBb/FEb
why didn’t you say something,
EbFBb
why didn’t you say something else