Let Me Down Easy

       Bb                Gm
I was running off trying not to 
fall,
Dm
someone said excuse man you got a 
call
      Bb            Gm            
This voice I never heard before 
         Dm
was on the other end
            Bb                 
It was the telephone lady and I 
            Gm
needed to pay my bill,
     Dm
she said in soft and open trill
   Bb                 Gm          
I fell so hard but I knew soon 
       Dm
she’d be gone again

Eb       F         Bb      Bb/A 
Incoming isolation, thank god 
   Gm
for predestination
Eb            F              
You know me I always take it in 
     Bb
stride

[Verse 2]
        Bb                      Gm
Do you wear your hair long, or keep 
it short,
        Dm
do you live in Utah or off the coast
 of Cape Horn
          Bb            Gm     
We could meet up on a drawbridge 
                Dm
somewhere in between
    Bb              Gm
Or hell, I’ll just come your way,
           Dm
our first date can be on the 
Champs-Elysees,
      Bb                     Gm   
then later you can break my heart 
                 Dm
on a stranger’s trampoline

Eb       F         Bb      Bb/A 
Incoming isolation, thank god 
   Gm
for masturbation
Eb            F              
You know me I always take it in 
     Bb
stride


[Chorus]
Eb                  F            
  Just let me down easy, let me 
     Bb
down good
Bb/A      Gm                  
I saw it coming, even before you 
    Eb
could
                F                Bb
So let me down easy and I’ll be gone


[Verse 3]
Bb                    Gm
While I’m off in my unruly dream,
        Dm
you’re talking about some new 
unlimited plan
         Bb                 Gm
And I’m walkin back to our houseboat
 on the Thames
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        Dm
when I found you in bed with another
 man
   Bb                Gm
I shake my head, I should’ve known,
        Dm
I walk backwards hoping that time 
will come along
     Bb                   Gm      
You say is there anything else 
         Dm
that I can help you with

[Chorus]
(single strums)
Eb                  F            
  Just let me down easy, let me 
     Bb
down good
Bb/A      Gm                  
I saw it coming, even before you 
    Eb
could
                F                Bb
So let me down easy and I’ll be gone


[Post Chorus]
Eb                   F           
   But why didn’t you say 
     Gm
something,
Gm   Gm/A          Gm/Bb    
    why didn’t you say 
Bb/F      Eb
something,
Eb                 F             
   why didn’t you say, why didn’t
      Gm  Gm/A
 you say

Eb                   F           
   But why didn’t you say 
     Gm
something,
Gm   Gm/A          Gm/Bb    
    why didn’t you say 
Bb/F      Eb
something,
Eb                 F             
   why didn’t you say, why didn’t
      Gm
 you say

Gm (3x) then G

Cm                  F          
  Is there anything else I can 
Bb    Bb7    G
do    for    you


[Chorus]
(single strums)
Eb                  F            
  Just let me down easy, let me 
     Bb
down good
Bb/A      Gm                  
I saw it coming, even before you 
    Eb
could
                F                Bb
So let me down easy and I’ll be gone


[Post-Chorus]
(Singing Chorus at the same time, as
 a counter melody)
Eb                   F           
   But why didn’t you say 
     Gm
something,
Gm   Gm/A          Gm/Bb    
    why didn’t you say 
Bb/F      Eb
something,
Eb                 F             
   why didn’t you say, why didn’t
      Gm  Gm/A
 you say

Eb                   F           
   But why didn’t you say 
     Gm
something,
Gm   Gm/A          Gm/Bb    
    why didn’t you say 
Bb/F      Eb
something,
Eb                 F             
   why didn’t you say, why didn’t
      Gm
 you say

(single strums)
Eb                   F            
   But why didn’t you say 
 Bb
something,
Bb   Bb/A          Gm            Eb
    why didn’t you say something,
Eb                 F             
   why didn’t you say, why didn’t
      Bb
 you say

(Everything stops for a sec)

[Bridge]

Bb7

Eb7                               
Oh yes one more thing, can I take 
                        Gm
one more second of your time
           C                    
Totally unrelated, back to those 
  F                       Bb
first few years when we dated
   Bb/A        Gm                  
Oh man what a life, before you got 
C
faded,
          F                        
I quit my job and we were ready for
      Bb
 the world
    Bb/A         Gm               
Oh yes one more thing, one thing 
      C
on my mind
                  Eb               
My grandmother’s ring on the 4th of
  Bb
 July
     Bb/A       Gm                
Keep it if you like, wear it if 
  C
you may,
              Eb                 Bb
she would’ve liked you better anyway

[Otro]
Eb                   F           
   But why didn’t you say 
     Gm
something,
Gm   Gm/A          Gm/Bb    
    why didn’t you say 
Bb/F      Eb
something,
Eb                 F            Bb
   why didn’t you say something else