Bon Jovi – (It’s Hard) Letting You Go
168 bpm 3/4 Strumming [These Days 1995]
Intro (Keyboard)
* Em (Em)(Em)(Em) (Em)(Em)(Em)(Em)
(Em)(Em)(Em)(Em) (Em)(Em)(Em)(Em) (Em)
G G C C G G C C G G D D G G G G
Verse 1
Em Em C C
It ain't no-ooo fun in lying down-nnn
G G G G
to sleep…
Em Em C C
and there ain't no-ooo secrets left for-rrr
G G G G
me to keep…
Em Em C C
I wish the stars up-ppp in the sky…
G G C C
would all just-ttt call in sick…
Em Em C C
and the clouds would-ddd take the moon out-ttt
D D C C
on some one way-yyy trip…
Verse 2
Em Em C C
I drove all-lll night down streets that-ttt
G G G G
wouldn't bend…
Em Em C C
but somehow they-yyy drove me back here…
G G G G
once again…
Em Em C C
to the place I-iii lost at love…
G G C C
The place I-iii lost my soul…
Em Em C C
I wish I'd-ddd just burn down this-sss
D D C C
place that we called-ddd home…
Pre Chorus
C C C C
It would all have-eee been so easy…
D D D D
if you'd only-yyy made me cry…
C C C C
and told me… how you're leaving me
D D D D
to some organ grinder's lullaby…
Chorus 1
G G C C
but it's hard… So hard…
G G C C
It's tearing out my heart…
G G D D
It's hard… letting you…
C C C C
go…
Verse 3
Em Em C C
Now the sky it shines a different…
G G G G
kind of blue…
Em Em C C
and the neighbor's dog don't bark like…
G G G G
he used to…
Em Em C C
Well me these days-sss I just miss you…
G G C C
It's the nights that I go insane…
Em Em C C
unless you're-eee coming back… for me
D D C C
that's one thing I know that won't-ttt change…
Chorus 2
G G C C
‘cause it's hard… So hard…
G G C C
It's tearing out my heart…
G G D D
but it's hard… letting you…
C C * C (C)
go…
Interlude
Em Em D D C C Am Am
Wo-u-ooo… Ooo… Oh-hhh… Ooo… Ooo… Oh…
Em Em D D C C Am Am
Wo-u-ooo… Ooo… Oh-hhh… Ooo… Ooo… Oh…
Em Em D D C C Am Am
Wo-u-ooo… Ooo… Oh-hhh… Ooo… Ooo… Oh…
Em Em D D C C Am Am
Ooo… Ooo… Oh-hhh… Woo… Ooo… Oh…
Bridge
C C D D
Now some tarot card shark said I'll draw you a heart…
Em Em C C
We'll find you somebody else new…
C C D D
Well I've made my last trip to those carnival lips…
C C D D
When I bet all that I had on you…
Chorus 3
G G C C
Oh it's hard… It's hard…
G G C C
It's hard… So hard…
G G D D
Oh it's hard… letting you…
C C * C (C)
go… Ah…
G G C C
It's hard… So hard…
G G C C
It's tearing out my heart…
G G D D
but it's hard letting you…
C C * C (C)
go… Yeah…
Interlude 2
Em Em D D C C Am Am
Woo… Ooo… Oh-hhh… Woo… Ooo… Oh…
Em Em D D C C Am Am
Woo… Ooo… Oh-hhh… Woo… Ooo… Oh…
Outro
Em Em D D
Wo-u-ooo… Ooo… Oh-hhh…
IT'S BEEN FOUR THOUSAND HOURS… TWO HUNDRED DAYS…
C C Am Am
Woo… Ooo… Oh…
I CURSE EVERY MINUTE… THAT YOU'VE BEEN AWAY…
Em Em D D
Ooo… Ooo… Oh-hhh…
IT'S HARD… LETTING YOU…
C C Am Am
Woo… Ooo… Oh…
GO…
Em Em D D
Woo… Ooo… Oh-hhh…
IT'S HARD… SO HARD…
C C Am Am
Woo… Ooo… Oh…
IT'S HARD… SO HARD…
Em Em D D
Ooo… Ooo… Oh-hhh…
IT'S HARD… LETTING YOU…
C C Am Am * Em
Woo… Ooo… Oh…
GO… LETTING YOU GO…