CAPO 4 
INTRO: G C G C 
 
VERSE 1: 
 
G 
How do you tell someone you're letting go 
C 
I wish that I could tell you 
G 
But you're asking me things that I don't know 
C 
I wish that I could tell you 
D                       
The words that I would say 
         C                         G    
Sound as empty as the way you feel inside 
D 
While the silence in between 
C             D              Em   C 
Tells me everything that you deny 
G 
I don't know how to help you 
D 
I wish that I could tell you 
C      D       G        G  C 
How to tell me goodbye 
 
VERSE 2: 
 
G 
I don't know how you leave it all behind 
C 
I wish that I could tell you 
G 
Is it true a heart heals itself with time 
C 
I wish that I could tell you 
D 
How do you choose 
       C                                G    
Do you hurt 'em with the truth or with a lie 
D                           C  
Where do you go to find the courage 
         D           Em   C 
You know I could never find 
G 
I don't know how to help you 
D 
I wish that I could tell you 
C      D       G         
How to tell me goodbye 
 
BRIDGE: 
 
Em                 D 
Where do you turn, where do you go 
C                           G        
When you've finally reached the end of the road 
Em                D         
How do you say it I just don't know 
C                        Am             D  CD   
When it comes to leaving you're on your own 
 
G 
How do you tell someone you're letting go 
C 
I wish that I could tell you 
        G                           C G C G 
Ohhhh,I wish that I could tell you