Never Let You Go Tab

The True  way to play "Never Let You Go"
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Standard Tuning, have fun this is the best song! written by Stephan Jenkins
 
 
Intro [Chords] [x3]
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|  If you want to match the recording well, make sure to add that
D|--9x--------------9x--------------------|  "chk" sound after each chord. I put it in as xx's.
A|--7x--9x--7-7-x---7x--9x--7-7-7-x-------|
E|------7x--5-5-x-------7x--5-5-5-x-------|
 
Intro [Lead] [x2 after chords play once through]
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--11b13r11-9----------11b13r11-9---------|
D|-------------11-11---------------11-11-9-|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
 
 
Verse [x4]
 
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|  Same as intro riff.
D|--9x--------------9x-------------------|
A|--7x--9x--7-7-x---7x--9x--7-7-7x-------|
E|------7x--5-5-x-------7x--5-5-5x-------|
 
Pre-Chorus [x3](Falsetto voice "I'll never let you go...")
 
Chords
e|---------------------------------------|
B|--9--------------9---------------------|
G|--9--------------9---------------------|
D|--9x-------------9x--------------------|
A|--7x--9x--7-7-x--7x--9x--7-7-7-x-------|
E|------7x--5-5-x------7x--5-5-5-x-------|
 
FX Guitar (If it is a guitar, might be some kind of keyboard.)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|---13-13--------13-13-----------|
D|---------14-----------14--16--14|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
 
Chorus [Part 1, Part 2, Part 1]
 
Part 1                           Part 2
e|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|----------------10-10--9------|------------------10-10--9---------|
G|--9-x------------9--9--9------|--9-9x-------------9--9--9---------|
D|--9-x-9-9-x------7--7--9--9-x-|--9-9x--9-9x-------7--7--9--9-xx---|
A|--7-x-9-9-x------7--7--7--9-x-|--7-7x--9-9x-------7--7--7--9-xx---|
E|------7-7-x---------------7-x-|--------7-7x----------------7-xx---|
 
Repeat intro riff, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, intro riff
 
Bridge [x6]
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------9------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-6-6-6-7-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------|
E|----------------7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------|
 
Lead [x2, listen to song for the timing]
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--11b13r11------------| All the 11's have a slight bend to them, be
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| careful not to overdo it and make it sound
A|-----------------------------------------------------------| out of tune.
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
The band drops for the post-bridge verse, only guitar and vocals: (If there's a reason...)
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9x----------------9--------------------------------------|
A|--7x--9x--7-7-x-----7x--9---7-7-7-x------------------------|
E|------7x--5-5-x---------7x--5-5-5-x------------------------|
 
Then the band enters for the pre-chorus, but this time play the intro lead part with it.
 
 
Clean Chorus (Chords, plus the arpeggio riff)
 
    E   B   A
e|--0---0---0----------7-------7-------7--------7-12------|
B|--0---0---0------------7-------9-------10---------------|
G|--1---4---2------------------------9--------9-----------| This part is very hard to dissect, but to my ears
D|--2---4---2--------9-------9-----7--------7-------------| this sounds pretty accurate/good. Kinda tricky to
A|--2---2---0------7-------9------------------------------| play so just riffing off the chords is fine too.
E|--0-----------------------------------------------------|
 
Then the full band comes back in for the final chorus [same as other two but you'll play part 2 twice}
You can keep playing the above riff throughout the chorus.
 
Then just play the intro riff as the song fades out.
 
 
LYRICS!!!
 
Never Let You Go
 
There's every good reason for letting you go
She's sneaky and smoked out
And it's starting to show
I never let you go
 
I never let you turn around, our back on each other
That's a good idea, break a promise to your mother
Turn around your back on each other
 
You say that I've changed
Well maybe I did
But even if I changed
What's wrong with it
I never let you go
 
I never let you turn around, our back on each other
That's a good idea, break a promise to your mother
Turn around your back on each other
 
And our friends are gone and gone
And all the time moves on and on
And all I know is it's wrong, it's wrong
If there's a reason, it's lost on me
Maybe we'll be friends, I guess we'll see
I never let you go
 
I never let you turn around, our back on each other
That's a good idea, break a promise to your mother
Turn around your back on each other
 
I remember the stupid things, the mood rings, the bracelets and the beads
Nickels and dimes, yours and mine, did you cash in all your dreams
You don't dream for me, no
You don't dream for me, no
But I still feel you pulse like sonar from the days in the waves
That girl is like a sunburn
I would like to save
The girl is like a sunburn
I would like to save
She's like a sunburn
 
 
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| b  bend
| r  release/lower bend
 
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