Am
You were sitting in your bed.
       Em
You're grinning from ear to ear.
       F                                             C
I can smell the evening, somethings seem pleasing to you, only you.
       Dm
I was waiting up for you,
     C                  Em
But worried about you.
   F
I put them to bed, they missed their dad.
      C
Just where in Hell were you.
     Am
The first step is always truth.
          Em
Thats my first suggestion to you.
      F
I can do my best if you'd get some rest.
          C
Then you tell me just what you do.
           Dm
I want to help you.
           C
I want to bring you back to life,
          F
but your sad sick brain knows one damn thing.
             C
And god it comes out every night.


[Chorus]

                Dm       C
Don't let me go----------.
                F        C
Don't let me go----------.


[Verse]

      Am
Your choices, they're hard to make.
               Em
You make this harder everyday.
     F
I'm sure I'm leaving, no more deceiving,
     C
or fumbling for words to say.
             Dm
I gave you everything I had.
    C
I loved you till the death.
       F
That hearts going to beat, you're able to breathe,
      C
but surely you're dead to me.
        Am
Those shivers and shakes your body makes
        G
aren't going to go away.
           F
Thats the price you pay for the games you've played.
C
Nothings going to change.
        Dm
I can't help you.
          C
I can't bring you back to life.
          F
You can find your help from someone else
        C                         C
who's there and who has the time.


[Chorus]

                Dm       C
Don't let me go----------.
                F        C
Don't let me go----------.
                   Dm       C
You don't let me go----------.
                F               C
Don't let me go----------.


[Instrumental]

E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|--7~--5~------3~------2~----3~--/7~---5~-|
E|-----------------------------------------|


[Verse]

(This whole verse is played in single notes on the A string. The number corresponds to the fret.
Let every note ring.)

3               /7                      5          3
You try to get dressed and you put your shoes on.
                                        2          3
Lets get to the car and lets make this right.
               /7                       5       3
The drive is short, but it sure feels long.
                                           2     3
Thats just how it is when you're leaving home.
                /7           5     3
This isn't the end of your life.
                                    5      2 3
It's more like a pause and soon a start.
                        /7                5     3
You'll be back on your feet again in no time.
                                         5     2
If you're not with me then to Hell, I'm not fine.

D|------------------3|
A|------------------3|
E|----3~------3--0--1|

(Now play only the E and A strings of these power chords)

F             A             G
I tried convincing God to change you.
F          A              G
We had it out and he said no.
F                        A                       G        Em
He said "a choice is a choice" then he said you made it.
F                Am                G
He'd help you along but God why is nothing free?
F             Am                     G
You filled me up with hope God I've used it.
F             Am                   G
I've used it all on you can't you see it?
F              Am                      G          Em
There comes a time when you choose for another.

G|------------------------5~---------------------------------------------|
D|3-----------------------5~-------------5-------------------------------|
A|3---------------2-h3----3~--3-h5-------5---------------------5---------|
E|1--------------------------------------3-------------------------------|
      So I'm making this choice for the three that we've made, you and me.


[Chorus]

(Power chords)
                F               C
Don't let me go---------------------.
                Dm
Don't let me go---------------------.
                 G                      C
You don't let me go----------oh-no-no---.