Letting Go
F
G C F G C F
She'll take the painting in the hallway
G C F G F
the one she did in junior high
G C F G C F
and that old lamp up in the attic
G C F G F
she'll need some light to study by
Dm G
she's had 18 years
C F
to get ready for this day
Dm G
she should be past the tears
C F
she cries some anyway
D7G C
oh, letting go
C
there's nothing in her way now
D7 G
oh, letting go
C Bm7E7
there's room enough to fly
Am C7
and even though she's spent
F Fm
her whole life waiting
Am DG C
it's never easy letting go
G C F G CF
mother sits down at the table
G C F G F
so many things she'd like to do
GC F G C F
spend more time out in the garden
G C F G F
now she can get those books read, too
Dm G
she's had 18 years
C F
to get ready for this day
Dm G
she should be past the tears
C F
she cries some anyway
D7G C
oh, letting go
C
there's nothing in her way now
D7 G
oh, letting go
C Bm7E7
there's room enough to fly
Am C7
and even though she's spent
F Fm
her whole life waiting
Am DG C
it's never easy letting go
DGCF
DGCF
D7G C
oh, letting go
C
there's nothing in her way now
D7 G
oh, letting go
C Bm7E7
there's room enough to fly
Am C7
and even though she's spent
F Fm
her whole life waiting
Am DG C
it's never easy letting go
Am DG C
it's never easy letting go