[Verso 1]
 
          F 
He's what I want 
    C9 
But I'm not what he needs 
            F 
He needs to wake up 

And look in the mirror 
    C9 
And like just what he sees 


[Pré-Refrão]

       F 
And it kills me 
       G 
That I have to leave 
   G/G#             Am7 
To watch him go get better 
    F         G 
Cuz I'd set myself on fire 
      G/G#                 Am7 
If it meant he'd come back after 


[Refrão]

               Dm 
Because I love him 
  G 
I love him 
       C                 F 
That's why I'll let him go 
  Dm 
I love him 
      G 
And I want him 
       C         C/G     F 
But we both need time to grow 
                     G 
And if the world was kind 
C                F 
I could make him stay 
               G 
It pains me to think of the girl 
    C       C/G       F 
Who gets to trace his veins 
  F 
I love him 
    Fm                   F     C9 
But it's better off this way 


[Verso 1]

           F 
It was the best time 
           F 
And he was all mine 
      C9 
And I never wanna leave 
             F 
We'd stay up all night 
           F 
And whe he drifts off 
        C9 
I can't help but watch him sleep 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
           F     G 
Oh he's so beautiful 
    G/G#               Am7 
And I tell him all the time 
          F               G 
I'd never said words more true 
          G/G#             Am7 
I'd stand by them until I die 


[Refrão]

          Dm 
Oh I love him 
  G 
I love him 
       C     C/G        F 
That's why I'll let him go 
   Dm 
I love him 
      G 
And I want him 
       C         C/G     F 
But we both need time to grow 
                    G 
And if the world was kind 
C       C/G      F 
I could make him stay 
               G                     C       C/G       F 
It pains me to think of the girl who gets to trace his veins 
F 
I love him 
         Fm              Dm  F   C   F 
But it's better off this way 


[Ponte]

Dm      G 
Mmmmmmhhmm 
C      F 
Mmhhm 
     Fm   G 
Hmmmmmm 


[Refrão]
 
       Dm 
I love him 
  G 
I love him 
     C       C/G     F 
So I have to let him go 
  Dm 
I love him 
      G 
And I want him 
       C        C/G      F 
I only hope he finds his growth 
                     G 
And if the world was kind 
C  C/G         F 
He would wanna stay 
                G 
And if theres a next one 
            C       C/G        F 
I hope that she can love him the same 
  F 
I don't know 
           Fm                   Dm   G 
It doesn't feel better off this way 
C     F 
Mmmhhmmm 
           Dm    G   C   F 
I can only pray