Key: A
Introduction:
A A4 A F#m
I held you for a moment in my hands
F#m A D- D4- D
The moment with you slipped away like sand
E E4 E A- A4- A
Through my fingers now
A A4 A F#m
In front of me a choice I have to make
F#m A D- D4- D
To carry on or simply fade away
E E4 E F#m
I lose you either way
C# D
I'd like to say that it was easy, it was hard
A F#m D
To say goodbye, I thought that I would die
F#m A D A F#m A D A E
Letting go of you, was so hard to do
D A E
And I thought that it would kill me but I made
F#m D A E A A4 A
It through somehow, and I'm so much stronger now
A A4 A F#m
I gave to you my love and my respect
F#m A D- D4- D
But I could never make you love me back
E E4 E A A4 A
I denied it so
A A4 A F#m
I grew bitter watching you grow cold
F#m A D- D4- D
My life became your prison, took it's toll
I decided
F#m C#
Like a bird that's trapped
Inside a gilded cage
D
It's right to set it free,
A
Hurts to watch it
F#m D
Fly away
F#m A D A F#m A D A E
Letting go of you, was so hard to do
D A E
And I thought that it would kill me but I made
F#m D A E A A4 A
It through somehow, and I'm so much stronger now