Intro: Em - Bm - Am - Bm , Cm 

Verse I: 
      
        G                 Am 
   Oh I'm sorry girl for causing you much pain 
           Bm 
   Didn't mean to make you cry 
               CM7           Am , Bm,C D 
   Make your efforts all in vain 
             G                          Am 
   And I apologize for all the things I've done 
              Bm 
   You were loving me so much 
            CM7               Am,Bm,C,D 
   But all I did was let you down 

                Em             Bm 
   Oh I really don't know just what to say 
       Am                  Bm        Cm 
   All I know is that I want you to stay 



Chorus: 
         GM7                 Em           Am-D 
   This time I'm not gonna let you slip away 
          Bm                 Em         Am     D 
   This time I'm not gonna let another day go by 
          Bm               Em 
   Without holding you so tight 
             Am               Am,Bm,C,D- 
   Without treating you so right 
         GM7                   Em          Am-D- 
   This time I'm not gonna let go of your love 
         Bm                       
   This time I promise you  
      Em             Am      D 
   That we'll rise above it all 
              Bm              Em 
   And I will never let you fall 
             Fm                     G 
   I'm gonna give you my all this time 

Verse II: 
          G                     Am 
   Oh I never thought that I was hurting you 
           Bm 
   Now I know that I was wrong 
          CM7              Am,Bm,C,D 
   Now I know just what to do 
          G                 Am 
   Gonna try to be the best that I could be 
           Bm 
   All I need is one more chance 
              CM7                Am,Bm,C,D 
   To make it up to you, you'll see 

               Em                      Bm 
   And there's one more thing that you oughtta know 
           Am                   Bm        Cm 
   All I know is that I don't want you to go 
    
   (Repeat Chorus except last word) 

                 (Adlib) 
            ... time 

   Adlib: Em-Bm-Am-Bm-Cm-F 

         BbM7                Gm           Cm-F 
   This time I'm not gonna let you slip away 
          Dm                 Gm         Cm     F 
   This time I'm not gonna let another day go by 
          Dm               Gm 
   Without holding you so tight 
             Cm               Cm,F,D, 
   Without treating you so right 
         GM7                   Em          Am-D- 
   This time I'm not gonna let go of your love 
         Bm                       
   This time I promise you  
      Em             Am      D 
   That we'll rise above it all 
              Bm              Em 
   And I will never let you fall 
             Fm                     G 
   I'm gonna give you my all this time 
             Am  Bm  C    D    Em-Am- 
   I'm gonna give my all this time 

   Coda: Em-Am-; (8x, fade)