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Let It Slide

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[Intro] D  
You Dsay you get a Emfeeling aAbout itF#m  G  A  
They're Dstarting to Emknow what you AmeanG  F#m  Em  
I Donly have to Emlook at someCwhere you've been Bmwalking
DThink I know everyEmplace that you've Abeen
You Dsay, you thought you'd Emjust live withAout itF#m  G  A  
NoDbody falls in Emlove anyAmoreG  F#m  Em  
But I Dsay that they Emdo 'cause I'm Cin love with Bmyou
And DI'm sure I've never Embeen here beAfore
[CHORUS]
And it's not too Emlate for Gus, we still got Dhope and Atrust
We can Emstill hang Gtough and let it Dslide
And when it's Emall too Gmuch, we'll leave it Din the Adust
Climb up Emon that Gbus and Aride
    D    Em     A
    D    Em     A
RemeDmber that Emday when I Amet youF#m  G  A  
And the Dfirst thing we Emdid was to AfightG  F#m  Em  
And we Dplayed all the Emsongs that we Cboth ever Bmknew
And we Dended up Emtalking all Anight
So I guess it's Dme saying Embaby don't Adoubt itF#m  G  A  
And I guess it's Dme saying Embaby it's AtimeG  F#m  Em  
'Cause the Dheart's gonna Emsee what it Cwants to beBmlieve
And the Dheart's always Emwilling to Atry
[CHORUS]
And it's not too Emlate for Gus, we still got Dhope and Atrust
We can Emstill hang Gtough and let it Dslide
And when it's Emall too Gmuch, we'll leave it Din the Adust
Climb up Emon that Gbus and Aride
[SOLO] (Like verse)
    D    Em     A
    D    Em     A
    D    Em     C     Bm
    D    Em     A
And it's not too Emlate for Gus, we still got Dhope and Atrust
We can Emstill hang Gtough and let it Dslide
And when it's Emall too Gmuch, we'll leave it Din the Adust
Climb up Emon that Gbus and Aride
And it's not too Emlate for Gus, we still got Dhope and Atrust
We can Emstill hang Gtough and let it Dslide
And when it's Emall too Gmuch, we'll leave it Din the Adust
Climb up Emon that Gbus and Aride
    D    Em     A
    DRepeaEmtA  

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Let It Slide

by Shawn Colvin

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F#m

[Intro]

D Em A F#m G A

You say you get a feeling about it

D Em A G F#m Em

They're starting to know what you mean

D Em C Bm

I only have to look at somewhere you've been walking

D Em A

Think I know everyplace that you've been

D Em A F#m G A

You say, you thought you'd just live without it

D Em A G F#m Em

Nobody falls in love anymore

D Em C Bm

But I say that they do 'cause I'm in love with you

D Em A

And I'm sure I've never been here before

[CHORUS]

Em G D A

And it's not too late for us, we still got hope and trust

Em G D

We can still hang tough and let it slide

Em G D A

And when it's all too much, we'll leave it in the dust

Em G A

Climb up on that bus and ride

D Em A

D Em A F#m G A

Remember that day when I met you

D Em A G F#m Em

And the first thing we did was to fight

D Em C Bm

And we played all the songs that we both ever knew

D Em A

And we ended up talking all night

D Em A F#m G A

So I guess it's me saying baby don't doubt it

D Em A G F#m Em

And I guess it's me saying baby it's time

D Em C Bm

'Cause the heart's gonna see what it wants to believe

D Em A

And the heart's always willing to try

[CHORUS]

Em G D A

And it's not too late for us, we still got hope and trust

Em G D

We can still hang tough and let it slide

Em G D A

And when it's all too much, we'll leave it in the dust

Em G A

Climb up on that bus and ride

[SOLO] (Like verse)

D Em A

D Em C Bm

D Em A

Em G D A

And it's not too late for us, we still got hope and trust

Em G D

We can still hang tough and let it slide

Em G D A

And when it's all too much, we'll leave it in the dust

Em G A

Climb up on that bus and ride

Em G D A

And it's not too late for us, we still got hope and trust

Em G D

We can still hang tough and let it slide

Em G D A

And when it's all too much, we'll leave it in the dust

Em G A

Climb up on that bus and ride

D Em A

Repeat

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