Intro: C E F E Em E F E
Verse
C E
Once there was a melody
F
That came from the depths of me
E
That's how it starts...
C E
It came from another place
F
Trail I can never trace
Am E
No matter how hard
C
And it's strange how
F#
the story's yours now
F E Am
As it leaves my voice
C F#
There was not a choice
F D Am
But to release you...
C
There was a time
D
Oh, to release you
When you were mine
Dm
Oh, to release you
And now you're free
E
Oh, to release you
Bb
'Cause I released you
Am
Oh, to release you
C
There was a time
D
Oh, to release you
When you were mine
Dm
Oh, to release you
And now you're free
E
Oh, to release you
Bb
'Cause I released you
Am
Oh, to release you
Instrumental
C
Verse
C E
Once there was too much too say
F
Though I should've find a way
Dm
And that's how it starts
C E
Sorrows and ecstasy
F
Grow all these words to me
Dm D
No matter how hard
C
And it's strange how
F#
The story's yours now
F Fm Dm
As it leaves my voice
C F#
There was not a choice
F Am
But to release you
Am C
There was a time
D
Oh, to release you
When you were mine
Dm
Oh, to release you
And now you're free
E
Oh, to release you
Bb
'Cause I released you
To release you
Am C
There was a time
D
Oh, to release you
When you were mine
Dm
Oh, to release you
And now you're free
E
Oh, to release you
Bb
'Cause I released you
To release you
Instrumental
C
Break
F C
And now you lay
G
In another's mind...
F Em
And you look like a stranger to me
F C Am
And now you lay
C G
In another's mind...
F C
And you look like a stranger to me
Em E
To me, yeah
Am C
There was a time
D
Oh, to release you
When you were mine
Dm
Oh, to release you
And now you're free
E
Oh, to release you
C Bb Am
'Cause I released you
C
Oh, to release you
Am C
There was a time
D
Oh, to release you
When you were mine
Dm
Oh, to release you
And now you're free
E
Oh, to release you
Bb
'Cause I released you
To release you