Dont Let It Go

Intro 
G C G C 


[Verso 1]


         G 
In an instant I was greeted at 
                                       C 
The doorway of a toxic social scene 
         G 
Narcissistic and conceited 
                                               C 
I fit right in 'cause they were just like me 
                 Am 
Made my way down to the kitchen 

Kicking back, and swappin' stories 
         A D 
Gettin' stoned 
              A 
But the stash runs dry and soon enough 

You're broken, sad, and sober 
          D 
And alone 
         G 
Tempted to try and fill the void 
                                               C 
With parties, sex, and surface level friends 
          G 
But a few years running circles later 
                                        C 
Realize you're right back there again 
           Am 
Opportunitis will dwindle 
                                                D 
If you fall further behind all of your peers 
       A                             Am        A 
Old frindships left unkindled take 
                          Am                 D 
The back seat to new families and careers 


[Refrão]

     Bm 
So while you can, hold on to what you can 
                                  E  Em E Em 
And if you can, don't let it go 
                Am 
Or you'll end up as an empty man 
          D 
In an empty house that used to feel like 
G 
home 


[Verso 2]



Now we're picking up new hobbies 
                                              D 
New attempts to fill the silence of the day 
       G 
But soon enough we'll find out 
                                               C 
We can't lift or sing or play this pain away 
Am 
Homeless drunks and prisoners 
                                      D 
Their faces broadcast onto the TVs 
               Am 
Provide decent folk examples of 
                                   D 
They should strive to never be 
               G 
And the algorithm's spewing shit 

A force-fed feedback loop where nothing's 
C 
new 
     G 
Creating culture, celebrating virtue-ized 

bullshit 
           C 
To consume 
      Am 
So watch another episode 
                                     D 
The TV screen eternally turned on 
       Am 
And if the screen's not sharp enough 
                                    D 
Then buy a better one on Amazon 



[Refrão]
 
     Bm 
So while you can, hold on to what you can 
                                  E 
And if you can, don't let it go 
                Am 
Or you'll end up as an empty man 
          D 
In an empty house that used to feel like 
 G 
home 


Instrumental 
C G Gm G C E G Gm A Am D Am D Em D G 



[Verso 3]



Now I watch my wheels turn 

I'm taking shortcuts to dead ends, nowhere 
      C 
to go 
           G 
So for now I'm waiting patiently to visit places 
                     C 
I may never go 
            Am 
I know I'll get there eventually 
                                       D 
Even if "there" is but an early grave 
              Am 
At least I'll be rotting liberated 
                                           D 
Till then, give me something I can break 



[Refrão]

      Bm 
So I'll be holding onto what I can 
                                    E 
And I will never let it go 
             Am 
But for right now I'm an empty man 
          D 
In an empty house that used to feel like 
 G 
home