I Had To Let It Go
written by Will Jennings and Lee Roy Parnell
Album: "We All Get Lucky Sometimes"
3/13/06


INTRO: G

G                              D
Last time I saw Laura, she was dancin' at the Mardi Gras
                             C          G
Every man in New Orleans was sayin' ooh la la
                             D
The way she used to love me, make a dead man walk
                                       C                 G
Tore me up just to see her move, and I loved to hear her talk


CHORUS:
                D                   G
I had to let it go, I had to let it go
C                              G
Oh I mighta missed Heaven, but then you never know
                D                   Em-C   G   D
I had to let it go, I had to let it go

G                               D
Last time I saw whiskey, it was callin' out my name
                                              C            G
I said whiskey you know I love you, but we'll never be the same
                                      D
You used to take me with you thru the nights that had no end
                                          C                G
One night when you weren't lookin, Lord I snuck around the bend


CHORUS:
                D                   G
I had to let it go, I had to let it go
          C                                G
Well that ain't the road to Heaven, that's one thing I do know
                D                   Em-C   G  D
I had to let it go, I had to let it go

G                                   D
Last time I saw Reno, so down on my luck
                                        C            G
I sweet talked a cocktail waitress into loanin' me a buck
                                     D
By the time the night was over and I handed back the dice
                            C                    G
Picked up my winnin's and I kissed that waitress twice


CHORUS:
                D                   G
I had to let it go, I had to let it go
         C                         G
I mighta rolled another seven, but then you never know
                D                   Em-C  G
I had to let it go, I had to let it go
        D               C  D  D7
Alright let it go now

G                       D
Life is just a puzzle inside a mystery
                          C                 G
Your idea of Heaven might look like hell to me
                                D
I just keep on movin' you see I never had a choice
                                  C                G
Singin' out these stories in this ragged down-home voice


CHORUS:
               D                  G
I never let it go, I never let it go
        C                       G
I might even get to Heaven, but then you never know
               D                  Em-C   G
I never let it go, I never let it go
   D
Oh no no no

                  G                     D
I'm never letting go, I'm never letting go
        G                      D              Em
I might even get to Heaven but then you never know
               C      D
I never let it go, no no


OUTRO: G  C  (repeat out)