Let Us Down Easy

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   A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)   
In all my life, Mercy
A (x02220@1)             EHasn't (022100@1)known my name this well
                    ALike (x02220@1)how every sea filters out

And leads us gently to a creek
        EWe (022100@1)sit around


C#mSome (x13321@4)of us are strong
B (x2444x@1)                    ABut (x02220@1)the rest of us are weak
           E (022100@1)             ASo (x02220@1)let us down if you must



             E (022100@1)            ALet (x02220@1)us down easy lord
             E (022100@1)            ALet (x02220@1)us down easy lord
             ELet (022100@1)us down



     A (x02220@1)            EIn (022100@1)patches of pink clouds, Thick smoke
A (x02220@1)                      EIt (022100@1)comes rising off the hillside slopes
                ADown (x02220@1)here this neighbourhood

It's the dumps

With cars iced up, perfect

for writing on if
      EYou're (022100@1)wearing gloves


C#mEvery (x13321@4)season I spend alone
B (x2444x@1)                         AFeels (x02220@1)like a thousand to my heart and in my soul
          E (022100@1)                ASo (x02220@1)let me down if you must,
                E (022100@1)                ABut (x02220@1)let us down easy lord
            E (022100@1)                ALet (x02220@1)us down easy lord
                E (022100@1)                Aooh (x02220@1)let us down



E/A x2
E/A on third time go into verse


A (x02220@1)                       EInstead (022100@1)of praying I tell god these jokes 
A (x02220@1)                    Ehe (022100@1)must be tired of himself so much 
                          Ahe (x02220@1)must be more than disappointed Christmas comes
                                                  E (022100@1)             
we eat alone a pretty girl surrounds some pretty thought who
C#mTakes (x13321@4)your order she yells it and cries alone in
    B (x2444x@1)               AThe (x02220@1)backroom once it stops then she smiles.



           E (022100@1)                 ASo (x02220@1)let her down if you must
                 E (022100@1)               ABut (x02220@1)let us down easy, Lord
             E (022100@1)              ALet (x02220@1)us down easy, Lord
             E (022100@1)              ALet (x02220@1)us down easy, Lord



              E (022100@1)                                A (x02220@1)          
Ooh, let us down
             (let us down, let us down, let us down)
              E (022100@1)                                A (x02220@1)                     
Let us down easy, Lord
             (let us down, let us down, let us down)



         E (022100@1)                               ALet (x02220@1)us down
       (let us down, let us down, let us down)
              E (022100@1)                              ALet (x02220@1)us down easy, Lord
            (let us down, let us down, let us down)



E (022100@1)                               Alet (x02220@1)us down, let us down, let us down (easy)
E (022100@1)                               Alet (x02220@1)us down, let us down, let us down (easy)
E (022100@1)                               Alet (x02220@1)us down, let us down, let us down (easy)
E (022100@1)                               Alet (x02220@1)us down, let us down, let us down (easy)



E (022100@1)                               Alet (x02220@1)us down, let us down, let us down (easy)
E (022100@1)                               Alet (x02220@1)us down, let us down, let us down (easy)
E (022100@1)                               Alet (x02220@1)us down, let us down, let us down (easy)
E (022100@1)                               Alet (x02220@1)us down, let us down, let us down (easy)


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