Verse 1
[C]
The water comes in through the wall
[G]
And trickles down the windowpane
[C]
And warms the wood
[C] [Em]
And pulls your picture down
Verse 2
[C]
And as I try to dry it all
[G]
I watch the flowers catch the rain
[C]
They kiss it once
[C] [Em]
And give it to the ground
Chorus
[F] [C]
There is nothing here to do but watch it go
[F] [C]
Holding on has never even made it slow
[F]
Merciless and arbitrary
[C] [Am]
Big and dumb, mean and scary
[F] [G]
Still it dodges every punch you throw
N.C. [C]
Let it go
Verse 3
[C]
Give me all your petty spite
[G]
And watch me kick you when you’re down
[C]
I’ll change my reasons
[C] [Em]
Every time I turn
Verse 4
[C]
I’ve been looking for a fight
[G]
And you’ve been fighting for a frown
[C]
And we will try
[C] [G]
But we may never learn
Bridge
[F]
To love in the air that drops the dust
[C]
To love the rain that brings the rust
[F] [C]
To love the reckless ruin
[G]
Of our plans
[F]
I like to think the world is just
[C]
And so I think the world is just
[F] [G]
You know I think the world is just
[C]
Grand
Verse 5
[C]
May you find a kinder love
[G]
And leave your reason at the gate
[C]
And trust it like you can’t recall
[C] [Em]
What was
Verse 6
[C]
And when again you give it up
[G]
May your heart so gently break
[C]
And may you come to love it
[C] [Em]
As it does
Chorus
[F] [C]
There is nothing here to do but watch it go
[F] [C]
Holding on has never even made it slow
[F]
Merciless and arbitrary
[C] [Am]
Big and dumb, mean and scary
[F] [G]
Still it dodges every punch you throw
N.C. [C]
Let it go
