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I Can Let Go Now

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[Intro]
C  C6  C6/9 Cmaj9
[Verse]
CIt was so right, it was so wrong
Almost at the same time
The pain and Fmaj9ache a heart can take
Cmaj9No one really knows
When the Em9memoFmaj7ries cC/Gling and C#dim7keep you Dm9thereF  
Till you G#dim7no longer Amcare
And Fyou can let F/Ggo nCmaj9ow
[Verse]
CIt's wrong for me to cling to you
Somehow I just needed time
From what was to be-iFmaj9t's not like me
Cmaj9To hold somebody down
But I was Em9tosFmaj7sed hiC/Ggh by love
I almost C#dim7never caDm9me doFwn
Only G#dim7to land hAmere
AmWhere Am/Glove's Am/F#no longer fouFnd
Where C/EI'm nEb9o longer bDm7ound
And I can let F/Ggo noCw
[Outro]
C#dim7 Dm9  G   Cmaj9

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I Can Let Go Now

by Michael McDonald

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C6/9

Cmaj9

Fmaj9

Em9

Fmaj7

C/G

C#dim7

Dm9

G#dim7

F/G

Am/G

Am/F#

C/E

Eb9

Dm7

[Intro]

C C6 C6/9 Cmaj9

[Verse]

It was so right, it was so wrong

Almost at the same time

Fmaj9

The pain and ache a heart can take

Cmaj9

No one really knows

Em9 Fmaj7 C/G C#dim7 Dm9 F

When the memories cling and keep you there

G#dim7 Am

Till you no longer care

F F/G Cmaj9

And you can let go now

[Verse]

It's wrong for me to cling to you

Somehow I just needed time

Fmaj9

From what was to be-it's not like me

Cmaj9

To hold somebody down

Em9 Fmaj7 C/G

But I was tossed high by love

C#dim7 Dm9 F

I almost never came down

G#dim7 Am

Only to land here

Am Am/G Am/F# F

Where love's no longer found

C/E Eb9 Dm7

Where I'm no longer bound

F/G C

And I can let go now

[Outro]

C#dim7 Dm9 G Cmaj9

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