Intro: Ab Fm Ab Eb Ab 

#1. 
Ab                Eb          Ab 
Let me down easy, if you must go.  
Ab 
Why not deceive me, it won't hurt  
   Eb 
me so. 
Db                             Ab 
Truth is so painful, tell me a lie.  
            Eb                 Ab 
Let me down easy, and I'll get by. 

#2. 
Ab          Db                   Ab 
Let me down easy, for old time's sake. 
          Eb      Bb 
Is it too much to ask, when my heart's  
      Eb 
gonna break? 
             Ab 
I'm bound to lose you, I'm bound to  
Db 
cry. 
                Ab   Eb           Ab 
Oh, let me down easy and I'll get by. 


INTERLUDE: Db Ab Eb Bbm Ab 


#3. 
Ab          Db                   Ab 
Let me down easy, for old time's sake. 
          Eb      Bb 
Is it too much to ask, when my heart's  
      Eb 
gonna break? 
             Ab 
I'm bound to lose you, I'm bound to  
Db 
cry. 
                Ab   Eb           Ab 
Oh, let me down easy and I'll get by. 


OUTRO: Eb Ab