Can’t let you
go (1971)
D - C - G ~ ~
G
1. Oh, you, you always bring me down,
but
inside, you pick me up and tear me down,
D C G
I’ll tell you a secret you
might know : I can’t let you go.
G
2. I know, you’d really like to be back and see,
you haven’t
something that we sleep on,
D C G
right or wrong,
high or low, I can’t let you go.
G
Well, I’d like to tell you news but it wouldn’t be no
use,
D
I just can’t let you know,
Em G C
G
no, I can’t let you go and I
wouldn’t let you go if I could.
G
Well, I’d like to set you free, but if you leave it up to me,
D
then I won’t let you go,
Em
G C G
no, I can’t let you go and I
wouldn’t let you go if I could.
G D
Whoo hoo
hoo, whoo hoo hoo, can’t let you go,
Em
G C G
no, I can’t let you go and I
wouldn’t let you go if I could.
+ D - C - G
G
2. I know, you’d really like to be back and see,
you
haven’t something that we sleep on,
D C G
right
or wrong, high or low, I can’t let you go.
G
4. Oh, you, you always bring me down,
but
inside, you pick me up and tear me down,
D C G
I’ll tell you a secret you
might know : I can’t let you go.
G
Well, I’d like to tell you news but it wouldn’t be no
use,
D
I just can’t let you know,
Em
G C G
no, I can’t let you go and I
wouldn’t let you go if I could.
G
Well, I’d like to set you free, but if you leave it up to me,
D
then I won’t let you go,
Em
G C G
no, I can’t let you go and I
wouldn’t let you go if I could.
G D
Whoo hoo
hoo, whoo hoo hoo, can’t let you go,
Em G C G
no, I can’t let you go and I
wouldn’t let you go if I could.
Em
G C G
+ No, I can’t let you
go and I wouldn’t let you go if I could.
D G
Baby, no, I could.
(Barry Ryan)