**this contains detailed chords of the song and a tab part**
Title: Before I Let You Go
Artist: Freestyle
Song length: 4 mins. 47 secs.
Intro(pause after each chord except for G#m):
E, F#m, Abm, Am9, C, D, E
Verse 1:
(Esus4) E F#m Abm
I can still remember yesterday,
we were so in love in a special way.
And knowing that you loved me made me feel
oh so right.
But now I feel lost don't know what to do.
Each and every day I think of you.
Holdin' back the tears I'm trying with
all my might.
Refrain:
Because you've gone and left me standing all alone.
B7sus4 Ab/C C#m7(sus) C#m7 Abm F#m
And I know I've got to face tomorrow on my own.
But baby,
Chorus:
Before I let you go, I want to say I love you.
I hope that you're listening cause it's true, baby
You'll be forever in my heart, and I know that
Bm7 Bbdim7 A9(pause)
no one else will do.
Abm7, F#m E/G# A9 B7sus4
So before I let you go, I want to say it...
F#m,
I love you.
Verse 2:
I wish that it could be just like before,
I know I could've given you so much more.
Even though you know I'd given you all my love.
I miss your smile, I miss your kiss.
Each and every day I reminisce.
Cause baby it's you that I'm always dreaming of...
(repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
Before I let you go, I want to say I love you.
F#m B7sus4 E G#7sus,
I hope that you're listening cause it's true, baby
You'll be forever in my heart, and I know that
Bm7 Bbdim7 A9(pause)
no one else will do.
Abm7, F#m E/G# A9 B7sus4
So before I let you go, I want to say it...
Bridge:
Cause letting love go is never easy.
But I love you so, that's why I set you free...
Ab7 Ab/C, C#m7 Caug E/B Bbdim7
yeahyeah. And I know, someday, somehow, I'll find a way
F#m7 Abm7 Am7 D7(pause)
to leave it all behind me. Guess it wasn't meant to be,
(use the tab part)
but baby...
Chorus 3:
Before I let you go, I want to say I love you.
I hope that you're listening cause it's true, baby
You'll be forever in my heart, and I know that
Dm7 C#dim7 Cm7(pause)
no one else will do.
Bm7,
So before I let you go, I want to say it.
Am7 Bm7 Cmpause
So before I let you go, I want to say...
Coda:
G, Am, Bm7 C(M7)pause
I love you...
*Chorus 2 is actually Chorus without its last line.
*Chorus 3 has similar chords to the original chorus, only 3 frets higher.
*G#m can be substituted for E/G# in verses.
*Chords before a comma needs only to be struck once.
*Chords or parts of chords inside a parenthesis are optional.
**Here is the tab part:
The treble version:
e|-2h3-2------------|
B|-------0----------|
G|---------2h4-0----|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
The bass version:
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-4h5-4------------|
A|-------2-0(break)-|
E|------------------|
**Some illustrated chords:(EADGBe)
x = dead/muted string
0 = open string
F#m: 244222 Ab/C: x3111x D9: xx0210
F#m7: 242222 C#m7: x46454 B7/Eb: xx1202
Abm: 466444 C#m7sus: x46474 Dm7: xx0211
Abm7: 464444 Bm7: x24232 C#dim7: x45450
Am9: x02100 Bbdim7: x12120 Cm7: x32000
A9: x02200 Bsus4: x24452 Cm: x35543
B7sus4: x24242 G#7sus: 464644
B: x24442 Ab7: 464544
E/G#: 422100 Caug: x32110
Am7: x02120 E/B: x22100