Intro: C E F E Em E F E 

Verse 
C                  E 
 Once there was a melody 
                    F 
That came from the depths of me 
                E 
That's how it starts... 
C               E 
 It came from another place 
             F 
Trail I can never trace 
    Am         E 
No matter how hard 
C 
 And it's strange how 
F# 
 the story's yours now 
F                 E     Am 
 As it leaves my voice 
C                  F# 
 There was not a choice 
        F  D    Am 
But to release you... 


[Refrão]
 
             C 
There was a time 
          D 
Oh, to release you 

When you were mine 
          Dm 
Oh, to release you 

And now you're free 
          E 
Oh, to release you 
             Bb 
'Cause I released you 
          Am 
Oh, to release you 
             C 
There was a time 
          D 
Oh, to release you 

When you were mine 
          Dm 
Oh, to release you 

And now you're free 
          E 
Oh, to release you 
             Bb 
'Cause I released you 
          Am 
Oh, to release you 

Instrumental 
C 

Verse 
C                    E 
 Once there was too much too say 
                    F 
Though I should've find a way 
                    Dm 
And that's how it starts 

C            E 
 Sorrows and ecstasy 
                F 
Grow all these words to me 
    Dm         D 
No matter how hard 
C 
 And it's strange how 
F# 
 The story's yours now 
F                 Fm Dm 
 As it leaves my voice 
C                    F# 
 There was not a choice 
          F     Am 
But to release you 


[Refrão]
 
Am            C 
 There was a time 
          D 
Oh, to release you 

When you were mine 
          Dm 
Oh, to release you 

And now you're free 
          E 
Oh, to release you 
                  Bb 
'Cause I released you 

To release you 

Am            C 
 There was a time 
          D 
Oh, to release you 

When you were mine 
          Dm 
Oh, to release you 

And now you're free 
          E 
Oh, to release you 
                  Bb 
'Cause I released you 

To release you 

Instrumental 
C 

Break 
F             C 
 And now you lay 
G 
 In another's mind... 
         F                      Em 
And you look like a stranger to me 

F     C       Am 
 And now you lay 
C              G 
 In another's mind... 
         F                       C 
And you look like a stranger to me 
Em  E 
To me, yeah 


[Refrão]
 
Am             C 
 There was a time 
          D 
Oh, to release you 

When you were mine 
          Dm 
Oh, to release you 

And now you're free 
          E 
Oh, to release you 
            C     Bb Am 
'Cause I released you 
        C 
Oh, to release you 

Am            C 
 There was a time 
          D 
Oh, to release you 

When you were mine 
          Dm 
Oh, to release you 

And now you're free 
          E 
Oh, to release you 
                  Bb 
'Cause I released you 

To release you