When Will I Let Go Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays470

When Will I Let Go by Steve Wariner is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, C#m and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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16
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  			Intro:  (E)    (A)   (E)   (A) 
 
(E) Here I am holding to your (A) memory 
(E) Like it was made of purest (C#m) gold 
(A) That ol' flame still burns with(E)in me 
(A) In my heart and in my (B) soul 
 
(E) I can't keep from thinking (A) of you 
(E) What we had was just so (C#m) good 
(A) I can't help if I still (E) love you 
(A) I'd forget you if I (B) could 
 
(E) Even the sparrow knows to (A) fly with the wind 
(E) And the willow tree, it (B) knows when to bend 
(E) Even a fool knows when to (A) roll with the flow 
(E) I know you're gone 
So, (B) when will I let (E) go 
 
(E) I think of all we shared to(A)gether 
(E) And it tears me up in(C#m)side 
(A) To really think that it's all (E) over 
(A) That I still can't say good(B)bye 
 
(E) Even the sparrow knows to (A) fly with the wind 
(E) And the willow tree, it (B) knows when to bend 
(E) Even a fool knows when to (A) roll with the flow 
(E) I know you're gone 
So, (B) when will I let (C#m) go 
 
(E) I know you're gone 
So, (B) when will I let (E) go 
 
Fade out... 
    	

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100 BPM Andante