“Let Her Go” is a song composed and recorded by English vocalist musician Passenger. It was recorded at Sydney’s Linear Recording and co-delivered by Mike Rosenberg (a.k.a. Passenger) and Chris Vallejo. The account highlights Australian artists Stu Larsen, Georgia Mooney, Stu Hunter, Cameron Undy, and Glenn Wilson. This song was released as the second single from Passenger’s fourth gathering, All the Little Lights in July 2012.
The melody has made worldwide progress, besting the diagrams in numerous nations around the globe, and has sold more than 1 million computerized duplicates in the UK, and more than 4 million in the US starting at July 2014.In 2014, the tune was assigned for the Brit Award for British Single of the Year, and won Passenger the British Academy’s Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work.
Chorus:
Well you only need the light when it’s burning low
A B A G G E G G G G E G
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
A B A G A A G B A G
Only know you love her when you let her go
A B A G A G E D E D G
Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
A B A B A G G G E G E G
Only hate the road when you’re missing home
A B A G A A G B A A G
Only know you love her when you let her go
A B A G A G E D E D G
And you let her go
A G B A A G
Verse 1:
Staring at the bottom of your glass
B B B B B A G A G
Hoping one day you’ll make a dream last
C B B A A A G F # F#
But dreams come slow and they go so fast
G B A G G G B A E
You see her when you close your eyes
G B B B B B A G G
Maybe one day you’ll understand why
C B B A A A G F # F#
Everything you touch surely dies
B B B B B G G A G
Chorus:
Well you only need the light when it’s burning low
A B A G G E G G G G E G
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
A B A G A A G B A G
Only know you love her when you let her go
A B A G A G E D E D G
Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
A B A B A G G G E G E G
Only hate the road when you’re missing home
A B A G A A G B A A G
Only know you love her when you let her go
A B A G A G E D E D G
Verse 2:
Staring at the ceiling in the dark
B B B B B A G A G
Same old empty feeling in your heart
C B B A A A G F# F#
Cause love comes slow and it goes so fast
G B A G G G B A E
Well you see her when you fall asleep
B B D D D D D C C
But never to touch and never to keep
C E D D D A G A B B
Cause you loved her too much and you dived too deep
B B B B B B G G B A E
Chorus:
Well you only need the light when it’s burning low
A B A G G E G G G G E G
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
A B A G A A G B A G
Only know you love her when you let her go
A B A G A G E D E D G
Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
A B A B A G G G E G E G
Only hate the road when you’re missing home
A B A G A A GB A A G
Only know you love her when you let her go
A B A G A G E D E D G
And you let her go
A G B A A G
Bridge:
Oh oh woah oh oh
G A B A B B
And you let her go
A B C B F#
Oh oh woah oh oh
G A B A B B
When you let her go
A B C B F#
Chorus: X2
‘Cause you only need the light when it’s burning low
A B A G G E G G G G E G
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
A B A G A A G B A G
Only know you love her when you let her go
A B A G A G E D E D G
Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
A B A B A G G G E G E G
Only hate the road when you’re missing home
A B A G A A G B A A G
Only know you love her when you let her go
A B A G A G E D E D G
And you let her go
G G B A A G