Let Me Down Easy
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Intro: Bm - Em x2
Bm Em
Let me down easy
Bm Em
Though your love for me is gone
Bm Em
Let me down easy
Bm
Since you feel that staying is wrong?
Bm - Em Bm
Em
We are broken by others
Bm Em
But we mend ourselves
Bm Em
We take comfort in strangers
Bm Em
But I don't think it helps
G F#
If every fool were a clown
Bm Em
I would be a king and not a clown
Bm Em
Cause love can't?
Bm Em
Closer than our hands and our feet
G
But it's lost on me
F#
Oh oh
Bm Em
It's lost on me
Bm Em
Your love for me is wrong
Bm Em Bm
Let me down easy (since you feel that staying is wrong?)
Em Bm
There was no sweeter fruit than this
Em
With no taste of bitterness
Bm Em
It was so fresh and sweet before
Bm Em Bm Em
But I can't taste it anymore
G F#
I was like a man with no candy?
Bm Em
I had everything
G
But as long as?
F#
Your love for me is wrong
Bm Em
Let me down easy
Bm Em
Your love for me is gone
Bm Em
Let me down easy
Bm Em F#
Since you feel that staying is wrong?
Bm A
On a better day
Em
we'd be waiting on our corner
G F#
Selling dreams of redemption
Bm A
But this time you've gone your way
Em
So I'll go mine
G F# Bm Em
Out of sight, out of love, out of time
Bm Em
Your love for me is wrong
Bm Em
Let me down easy
Bm Em
Your love for me is gone
Bm Em
Let me down easy
Bm Em
Since you feel that staying is wrong?
Bm Em
Let me down easy
Bm Em Bm Em
How to play Let Me Down Easy
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Bm. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.