Verse 1:
G                                            C              G
Spent the night with a friend of mine, and a handle of good wiskey
G                                          C                G
We picked guitars and talked about how the glory days went missin'
C                                  G     D/F#        Em
It didn't take to long to find the truth inside that bottle
C              G               D               G
Cast a sea, so long ago, was a message from my father

Chorus:
              C                                         G
You keep your heart above your head, and your eyes wide open
        G                                   D
So this world can't find a way to leave you cold
                Em           D/F#            Em-D/F#-G
And know you're not the only ship out on the ocean
(walk up to) C                     D
Save your strength for things that you can change
C                     D
Forgive the one's you can't
N.C.
You gotta let it go

Verse 2:
G                             C                G
Looking back now on my life I can't say I regret it
G                                      C             G
And all the places I ended up, not the way Ma woulda had it
C                                        G - D/F# - Em
But you only get once chance in life to leave your mark upon it
             C             G                    D                  G
So when that pony he comes riding by you better set your sweet ass on it

Repeat Chorus:

Bridge:
          C                            D                   G
Like a sweet sunset in Georgia let it go
                   C                            D                  
and like the fear that grabs ahold ya
              Em
let it go
        C             G
La la la la_____ la,
       D/F#         Em
la la la, la_____  la
       C             Am
la la la la_____ la,
               G
you let it go

Repeat Chorus: