Let Me Down Easy

       Bb                Gm
I was running off trying not to fall,
Dm
someone said excuse man you got a call
      Bb            Gm                     Dm
This voice I never heard before was on the other end
            Bb                             Gm
It was the telephone lady and I needed to pay my bill,
     Dm
she said in soft and open trill
   Bb                 Gm                 Dm
I fell so hard but I knew soon she’d be gone again

Eb       F         Bb      Bb/A    Gm
Incoming isolation, thank god for predestination
Eb            F                   Bb
You know me I always take it in stride

[Verse 2]
        Bb                      Gm
Do you wear your hair long, or keep it short,
        Dm
do you live in Utah or off the coast of Cape Horn
          Bb            Gm                     Dm
We could meet up on a drawbridge somewhere in between
    Bb              Gm
Or hell, I’ll just come your way,
           Dm
our first date can be on the Champs-Elysees,
      Bb                     Gm                    Dm
then later you can break my heart on a stranger’s trampoline

Eb       F         Bb      Bb/A    Gm
Incoming isolation, thank god for masturbation
Eb            F                   Bb
You know me I always take it in stride


[Chorus]
Eb                  F                 Bb
  Just let me down easy, let me down good
Bb/A      Gm                      Eb
I saw it coming, even before you could
                F                Bb
So let me down easy and I’ll be gone


[Verse 3]
Bb                    Gm
While I’m off in my unruly dream,
        Dm
you’re talking about some new unlimited plan
         Bb                 Gm
And I’m walkin back to our houseboat on the Thames
        Dm
when I found you in bed with another man
   Bb                Gm
I shake my head, I should’ve known,
        Dm
I walk backwards hoping that time will come along
     Bb                   Gm               Dm
You say is there anything else that I can help you with

[Chorus]
(single strums)
Eb                  F                 Bb
  Just let me down easy, let me down good
Bb/A      Gm                      Eb
I saw it coming, even before you could
                F                Bb
So let me down easy and I’ll be gone


[Post Chorus]
Eb                   F                Gm
   But why didn’t you say something,
Gm   Gm/A          Gm/Bb    Bb/F      Eb
    why didn’t you say something,
Eb                 F                   Gm  Gm/A
   why didn’t you say, why didn’t you say

Eb                   F                Gm
   But why didn’t you say something,
Gm   Gm/A          Gm/Bb    Bb/F      Eb
    why didn’t you say something,
Eb                 F                   Gm
   why didn’t you say, why didn’t you say

Gm (3x) then G

Cm                  F          Bb    Bb7    G
  Is there anything else I can do    for    you


[Chorus]
(single strums)
Eb                  F                 Bb
  Just let me down easy, let me down good
Bb/A      Gm                      Eb
I saw it coming, even before you could
                F                Bb
So let me down easy and I’ll be gone


[Post-Chorus]
(Singing Chorus at the same time, as a counter melody)
Eb                   F                Gm
   But why didn’t you say something,
Gm   Gm/A          Gm/Bb    Bb/F      Eb
    why didn’t you say something,
Eb                 F                   Gm  Gm/A
   why didn’t you say, why didn’t you say

Eb                   F                Gm
   But why didn’t you say something,
Gm   Gm/A          Gm/Bb    Bb/F      Eb
    why didn’t you say something,
Eb                 F                   Gm
   why didn’t you say, why didn’t you say

(single strums)
Eb                   F             Bb
   But why didn’t you say something,
Bb   Bb/A          Gm            Eb
    why didn’t you say something,
Eb                 F                   Bb
   why didn’t you say, why didn’t you say

(Everything stops for a sec)

[Bridge]

Bb7

Eb7                                                       Gm
Oh yes one more thing, can I take one more second of your time
           C                      F                       Bb
Totally unrelated, back to those first few years when we dated
   Bb/A        Gm                  C
Oh man what a life, before you got faded,
          F                              Bb
I quit my job and we were ready for the world
    Bb/A         Gm                     C
Oh yes one more thing, one thing on my mind
                  Eb                 Bb
My grandmother’s ring on the 4th of July
     Bb/A       Gm                  C
Keep it if you like, wear it if you may,
              Eb                 Bb
she would’ve liked you better anyway

[Outro]
Eb                   F                Gm
   But why didn’t you say something,
Gm   Gm/A          Gm/Bb    Bb/F      Eb
    why didn’t you say something,
Eb                 F            Bb
   why didn’t you say something else