This song is about saying "I love you" to someone before letting them go. It has two verses where the singer reminisces about their past relationship and love for this person. The refrain and chorus express the pain of the person leaving and not wanting to let them go without expressing their love. In the bridge, the singer acknowledges that letting love go is hard but that they set this person free, though it wasn't meant to be. The final chorus restates that the singer wants to express "I love you" before letting this person go from their heart and life.
This song is about saying "I love you" to someone before letting them go. It has two verses where the singer reminisces about their past relationship and love for this person. The refrain and chorus express the pain of the person leaving and not wanting to let them go without expressing their love. In the bridge, the singer acknowledges that letting love go is hard but that they set this person free, though it wasn't meant to be. The final chorus restates that the singer wants to express "I love you" before letting this person go from their heart and life.
This song is about saying "I love you" to someone before letting them go. It has two verses where the singer reminisces about their past relationship and love for this person. The refrain and chorus express the pain of the person leaving and not wanting to let them go without expressing their love. In the bridge, the singer acknowledges that letting love go is hard but that they set this person free, though it wasn't meant to be. The final chorus restates that the singer wants to express "I love you" before letting this person go from their heart and life.
Esus E F#m G#m
I can still remember yesterday,
A9 B7sus E
we were so in love in a special way.
F#m
And knowing that you loved me made me feel
G#m A9 B7sus
oh so right.
E F#m E/G#
But now I feel lost don't know what to do.
A9 B7sus E
Each and every day I think of you.
F#m
Holdin' back the tears I'm trying with
G#m A9 G#/C
all my might.
[Refrain]
C#m7 G#m F#m7
Because you've gone and left me standing all alone.
B7sus G#/C C#madd11 C#m7 G#m F#m
And I know I've got to face tomorrow on my own.
B7sus Bsus
But baby,
[Chorus]
E F#m G#m A9
Before I let you go, I want to say I love you.
F#m B7sus E G#7sus
I hope that you're listening cause it's true, baby
G#/C C#m7 G#m
You'll be forever in my heart, and I know that
Bm7 Bbdim7 A9(pause)
no one else will do.
G#m7 F#m E/G# A9 B7sus
So before I let you go, I want to say it...
E F#m G#m A9
I love you.
[Verse 2]
E F#m G#m
I wish that it could be just like before,
A9 B7sus E
I know I could've given you so much more.
F#m E/G# A9 B7sus
Even though you know I'd given you all my love.
E F#m
I miss your smile, I miss your kiss.
G#m A9 B7sus
Each and every day I reminisce.
E F#m G#m A9 G#/C
Cause baby it's you that I'm always dreaming of...
[Refrain]
C#m7 G#m F#m7
Because you've gone and left me standing all alone.
B7sus G#/C C#m9 C#m7 G#m F#m
And I know I've got to face tomorrow on my own.
B7sus Bsus
But baby,
[Chorus 2]
E F#m G#m A9
Before I let you go, I want to say I love you.
F#m B7sus E G#7sus
I hope that you're listening cause it's true, baby
G#/C C#m7 G#m
You'll be forever in my heart, and I know that
Bm7 Bbdim7 A9 (pause)
no one else will do.
G#m7 F#m E/G# A9 B7sus
So before I let you go, I want to say it...
[Bridge]
F#m7 G#m7
Cause letting love go is never easy.
AM7 G#7sus
But I love you so, that's why I set you free...
G#7 G#/C C#m7 Caug E/B Bbdim7
yeahyeah. And I know, someday, somehow, I'll find a way
F#m7 G#m7 Am7 D7 (pause)
to leave it all behind me. Guess it wasn't meant to be,
(use the tab part)
but baby...
[Chorus 3]
G Am7 Bm7 C9
Before I let you go, I want to say I love you.
Am7 D9 G B7sus
I hope that you're listening cause it's true, baby
B7/Eb Em7 Bm7
You'll be forever in my heart, and I know that
Dm7 C#dim7 CM7(pause)
no one else will do.
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 CM7 Em
So before I let you go, I want to say it.
Am7 Bm7 Cm pause
So before I let you go, I want to say...
[Coda]
G Am Bm7 CM7 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.