Key: F
Introduction:
D D/F# G D D/F# G
She'll take the painting in the hallway,
D D/F# G D D/F# G
The one she did in jr. high
D D/F# G D D/F# G
And that old lamp up in the attic,
D D/F# G D D/F# G
She'll need some light to study by.
Em A D D/F# G
She's had 18 years to get ready for this day
Em A D D/F# G
She should be past the tears, she cries some anyway
D A D
Oh oh letting go
D D/F# G
There's nothing in the way now,
A D D/F# F#
Oh letting go, there's room enough to fly
Bm Bm/A G
And even though, she's spent her whole life waiting,
Bm Em GA D
It's never easy letting go.
Mother sits down at the table