Let Her Go Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Let Her Go chord chart by Passenger. This is a really nice song with some pretty cool strumming to it. I used to to really like teaching this song to my students when it was a recent hit.
The chords are mostly open chords with the occasional F and Bm chord. Between the strumming and the barre chords, that makes this a little bit more of an intermediate guitar song.
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Let Her Go Guitar Chords:
Let Her Go Strumming Patterns:
This song starts with a little bit of picking in the intro and first verse which I usually have students do Travis Picking for. If you aren’t great at picking, one strum per chord will work fine.
Strumming:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D D D U DU
The strumming for this song tends to be very fluid, but this will give you a good starting point.
Let Her Go Guitar Lesson:
Currently, there is no video lesson for this song.
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Let Her Go Chord Chart:
Intro:
C |C D| Em D
C |C D| Em |Em D|
C |C D| Em D
C |C D| Em |Em D|
Verse:
C G
Well you only need the light when it’s burning low.
D Em
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow.
C G D D
Only know you love her when you let her go.
C G
Only know you’re high when you’re feelin’ low.
D Em
Only hate the road when you’re missin’ home.
C G D D(hold)
Only know you love her when you let her go.
And you let her go.
Start Strumming:
Em C D Bm
Em C D Bm
Verse:
Em C
Staring at the bottom of your glass
D Bm
Hoping one day you'll make a dream last
Em C D D
But dreams come slow and they go so fast
Em C
You see her when you close your eyes
D Bm
Maybe one day you'll understand why
Em C D D
Everything you touch, surely dies
Verse:
Em C
Staring at the ceiling in the dark
D Bm
Same old empty feeling in your heart
Em C D D
'Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast
Em C
Well you see her when you fall asleep
D Bm
But never to touch and never to keep
Em C D D
'Cause you loved her too much and you dive too deep
Verse:
C G
Well you only need the light when it’s burning low.
D Em
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow.
C G D D
Only know you love her when you let her go.
C G
Only know you’re high when you’re feelin’ low.
D Em
Only hate the road when you’re missin’ home.
C G D D(hold)
Only know you love her when you let her go.
And you let her go.
Bridge:
Em C D D
Oh oh oh no And you let her go
Em C D D
Oh oh oh no Well you let her go
Em C D Bm
Em C D Bm
Verse:
C G
Well you only need the light when it’s burning low.
D Em
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow.
C G D D
Only know you love her when you let her go.
C G
Only know you’re high when you’re feelin’ low.
D Em
Only hate the road when you’re missin’ home.
C G D D(hold)
Only know you love her when you let her go.
And you let her go.
Repeat Chorus (one strum per chord first half, a capella second half)
And you let her go
End on Em
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