[Intro]
Am |G C |
C |Dm |Am |Gsus4 C | (x2)


[Verse 1]
    C
The bull has gored the matador
    Dm
The U.S. Army won the war
    Am
The meaning died in metaphor
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go
    C
The phoenix burned but did not rise
    Dm
Now half the body's paralyzed
        Am
There's no one left to criticize
  Gsus4              C
I hope you let it go


[Chorus]
  C
I hope you let it go
Dm
Hope you let it go
    Am
The enemy's invincible
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

C |Dm |Am |Gsus4 C |


[Verse 2]
    C
The prophet said we'd disappear
    Dm
The prophet's gone, but we're still here
    Am
His prophecy was insincere
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go
    C
The righteous rage was foolish pride
    Dm
The conquerors did not divide
    Am
The call keeps coming from inside
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go


[Chorus]
  C
I hope you let it go
Dm
Hope you let it go
     Am
Your enemy's invincible
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

C |Dm |Am |Gsus4 C |


[Verse 3]
     C
When everyone who lived it died
    Dm
The files were declassified
    Am
The slobs still called it suicide
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go
    C
The signatories broke the pact
    Dm
The surfer sacked the quarterback
     Am
Your bag fell down onto the tracks
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go


[Chorus]
  C
I hope you let it go
Dm
Hope you let it go
    Am
The enemy's invincible
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

C |Dm |Am |Gsus4 C |


[Verse 4]
    C
The embassy's abandoned now
    Dm
The flag that flew is on the ground
    Am
The painting burned, the statue drowned
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go
    C
The moving train accelerates
     Dm
It's always fast and always late
   Am
It never leaves the Empire State
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go


[Chorus]
  C
I hope you let it go
Dm
Hope you let it go
    Am
Our enemy's invincible
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

C |Dm |Am |Gsus4 C |


[Instrumental Break]
Dm Am Em Bm|Bb  F | (x3)
Dm Am Em Bm|Bb |Dm (x2)|
C |Dm |Am |Gsus4 C | (x6)


[Verse 5]
    C
The sentencing was overturned
    Dm
The killer freed, the court adjourned
  Am
A hope betrayed, a lesson learned
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go
  C
I did the things you asked me to
  Dm
I testified what wasn't true
    Am
But now I lost my faith in you
  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go


[Chorus]
  C
I hope you let it go
Dm
Hope you let it go
    Am
Our enemy's invincible
  Gsus4            C
I have to let it go

Dm Am Em Bm|Bb  F | (x3)
C |Dm |Am |Gsus4 C |


[Outro]
  C
I hope you let it go
  Dm                 Am   Gsus4 C
I hope you let it go
  C
I hope you let it go
  Dm                 Am   Gsus4 C
I hope you let it go

C |Dm |Am |Gsus4 C | (x3)