C
All this time 
       F                 C
it was staring me in the face
G/B          Am
I was so far gone
             F                  G
I could have ended it right there
                  C     F           C    G/B Am
I was dead in the ring, lost in the race 
         C 
All this time it was with me 
G                  C
when I was nowhere


[Verse 2]

        F        C
Well it cuts the deepest
         F               C  G/B Am
when you watch it moving in
                C
And there ain't nothing
        F             G
you can do to turn it round
               C         F        C    G/B Am
There ain't no armor can save you then
              C
Love takes no prisoners
G                    C
on this battleground


[Chorus]
            F
And letting go
               C
is the hardest part
             Em
When holding on
         F        Gsus4
has been everything
                 C    F         Am     F
Well I have this pain deep in my heart
             C
That's why I sing,
G             C 
 that's why I sing


F C G/B Am F C G C


[Verse 3]

F      C
Cut me open
F                 C
when I'm dead and gone
       G/B      Am
You'll see this one ring,
F               G
stained dark as wine
         C            F          C    G/B Am
This was always to be part of my story
              C
Not yours but mine,
G             C
not yours but mine
 

[Chorus]
            F
And letting go
               C
is the hardest part
        Em
Holding on,
     F            G
some semblance of control
                 C    F          Am   F
Well I have this pain  deep in my heart
               C
But I am still whole,
G          C
I am still whole


           F                         C
And I will waste my heart on fear no more
       F             C                G
I will find a secret bell and make it ring
               C    F                C
And let the rest be washed up on the shore
F               C      Gsus4 G      Am
  They can't be tamed, these wilder things
F                  C      G             C  
  No, they can't be tamed, these wilder things