Blue October – Let It Go (Guitar)

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Chords

Intro:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|---5-5-4-4--4h5p4-2-0----5---7--7/9---|     3x
D|----------------------3---------------|
A|-0~-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

(if you insist on strumming chords for the entire song, Am Am F Em sounds okay on the intro)

C
Where do you go

         F      C
When the day is long

C
And where does your heart beat

   F       C
And who is wrong

         Am             F
Why do I feel this way

         C
Why do I kneel

            Am         F
How could I let it go

         C
Why do I feel

(pause here; strum 4 quick Fs, then hold out the C)

F   C
       Why do I feel

F   C
       Why

C      Am      F     C
       How

C
Follow me home

            F         C
Through the, the maize and awn

C
I'll show you the road

       F                     C
That I led you the wrong way on

          Am            F
Why did I go that way

         C
Why do I steal

            Am          F
How could I let her go

         C
Why do I feel

             Am            F
Oh why did I go that way

         C
Why do I steal

            Am            F
How could I let her go

         C
Why do I feel

-pause-

F   C
         Why do I feel

F   C               C
         Why

**A. then there’s a little break (call it A) here with sort of a harmonica solo (transcribed for guitar below), go through Am F C C twice w/o vocals**

          Am            F
Why did I go that way

         C
Why do I need

            Am           F
How could I let her go

         C
Why do I feel

**B. at this point the harmonica cuts out and a really cool violin line (also transcribed for guitar below) starts, but there’s no gap in the vocals**

             Am            F
Oh why did I go that way

            C
How could I steal

               Am
Oh how could I

             F
How could I

             C
How could I

**violin line continues, go through Am F C C twice w/o vocals** -pause-

F   C
        How could I

F   C
        How could I

F C A. Harmonica Line

e|-1-0-------1-0-------------0~--1-0-------1-0----------------|
B|-----3-1~------3-1~--3-1-3---------3-1~------3-1~--3-1-3-1~-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|  2x
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

B. Violin Line

e|--------------------------------------0-3~-|
B|-1-3-0-1-3-1-0-1-1-3-0-1-3-1--------1------|
G|-----------------------------0-------------|  4x (leave out last 3 notes
D|------------------------------3-2~---------|      last time)
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

there's also a cool little guitar line that pops up between every change from C to Am once you hit A until the end (listen to the song for timing). C. Cool Little Guitar Line That Pops Up Between Every Change From C to Am Once You Hit A Until the End

e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-2-3-2-3-2---|
A|-----------3-|
E|-------------|