Rainbow – Can’t Let You Go
120 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming
[Bent Out Of Shape 1983]
Keyboard Intro
Long Solo
Guitar Intro
C#m C#m C#m C#m. F#.
Verse 1
C#m C#m
Day after day… I waking up to find that you're
B B
slipping away…
C#m C#m
Night after night I can't fight the emptiness
G#m G#m. *g#m *b
inside-eee-eee…
C#m C#m
There's nothing I can say…
B B
now I know you're tur-rrr-ning me away…
C#m C#m
It's only a disguise… but you don't have to hide…
F# F#
The truth is in your eyes tonight…
Pre Chorus
E F#
I don't want to live a lie…
E F# F#
but I don't want to say goodbye-eee-eee…
Chorus 1
G#m C#m. F#.
and I-iii-iii-iii-iii… can't let you
B E. D#.
go… even though it's o-ooo-ver…
G#m C#m. F#.
I just can't let you go…
B E. D#.
I know your love is growing col-lll-der…
Verse 2
C#m C#m
One look in my eyes and you'd realize…
B B
you've got my heart in your hands…
C#m C#m
Won't you let me know something more…
G#m G#m. *g#m *b
where did we go wrong…
C#m C#m
I don't want to fight…
B B
all I want to do is try-yyy to understand… Yeah…
C#m C#m
I'm reaching out for you-uuu… babe what can I do I've
F# F#
been… holding on so long-ggg---
Pre Chorus
E F#
---ggg… I don't want to live a lie…
E F# F#
but I don't want to say goodbye-eee-eee…
Chorus 2
G#m C#m. F#.
I-iii-iii-iii-iii… can't let you
B E. D#.
go… even though it's o-ooo-ver…
G#m C#m. F#.
I just can't let you go-ooo-ooo…
B E. D#.
I know your love is growing col-lll-der…
Refrain
G#m C#m. F#.
and I-iii-iii-iii-iii… can't let you
B E. D#.
go… even though it's o-ooo-ver…
Solo
C#m C#m G#m G#m C#m C#m F# F#
Bridge
E F#
I don't want to live a lie…
E F#
but I don't want to say-yyy
F# F#
goodbye-eee-eee…I want you by my side…
Chorus 2
G#m C#m. F#.
I-iii-iii-iii-iii… can't let you
B E. D#.
go… even though it's o-ooo-ver…
G#m C#m. F#.
I just can't let you go-ooo-ooo…
B E. D#.
I know your love is growing col-lll-der…
Outro (fade ending)
G#m C#m F#.
and I-iii-iii-iii-iii… can't let you
B E. D#.
go… even though it's o-ooo-ver…
G#m C#m. F#.
I just can't let you go-ooo-ooo…
B E. D#.
Feel your love's growing col-lll-der…
G#m C#m. F#.
Don't go…
B E. D#. * G#m
Oh I know it's o-ooo-ver…