Can’t Let Go
By Randy Weeks
As performed by Lucinda Williams
“Car Wheels On A Gravel Road” (1998)
This is a fun little song, espacially if you have access to a resonator guitar.
I didn't write out the tabs, because once you have the chords it is pretty easy
to fill in the little riffs, if you are playing the chords barred (see chord notes at bottom)
The song also benefits if you play around with bending the little riff notes,
doing some palm muting, etc. Also lots of fun if you have a second gutar tuned in open G
and doing some slide. Have fun. - Timothy Tibbitts
Intro chords: (See chordage notes at bottom)
G-G7-G G-G7-G C7(#1) G
D(#1) C7(#1) G
Repeat
G
Told you baby one more time
G
Don’t make me sit all alone and cry
D C7(#2) G
Well it’s over – I know it but I can’t let go
G
I’m like a fish out of water
G
A cat in a tree
G
You don’t even want to talk to me
D(#2) C7(#2) G
Well it’s over – I know it but I can’t let go
Chorus:
G G7 G G7 G
He won’t take me back when I come around
G7 G G7 G
Says he’s sorry then he puts me out
C7(#1)
I got a big chain around my neck
G
And I’m broken down like a train wreck
D(#1) C7(#1) G
Well it’s over – I know it but I can’t let go
G
See I got a candle and it burns so bright
G
In my window every night
D(#2) C7(#2) G
Well it’s over – I know it but I can’t let go
G
You don’t like to see me standing around
G
Feel like I’ve been shot and didn’t fall down
D(#2) C7(#2) G
Well it’s over – I know it but I can’t let go
Chorus
G
Turn off trouble like you turn off a light
G
Went off and left me it just ain’t right
D(#2) C7(#2) G
Well it’s over – I know it but I can’t let go
G
Round every corner something I see
G
Went off and left me it just ain’t right
D(#2) C7(#2) G
Well it’s over – I know it but I can’t let go
Repeat chorus twice, then fade out with:
D(#1) C7(#1) G
Well it’s over – I know it but I can’t let go
D(#1) C7(#1) G
Well it’s over – I know it but I can’t let go
D(#1) C7(#1) G
Well it’s over – I know it but I can’t let go
Chordage:
G String: E A D G B E
Fret: 3 5 5 4 3 3
(Standard barred G chord)
G7 E A D G B E
3 X 5 4 6 3
(Use pinky to fret the B string, to quickly walk between this and the barred G)
C7(#1) E A D G B E
X 3 5 5 5 6
(“A” chord barred on 3rd fret)
C7(#2) E A D G B E
X 3 2 3 1 0
D(#1) E A D G B E
X 5 7 7 7 X
(“A” chord barred on 5th fret)
D(#2) Standard D chord,
but don’t play top E string
For variety, in repetitions of the “Well its over…” line, you can switch around the different versions of D and C7 chords, and also play them as an “E” chord barred on the 10th and 8th frets, respectively.
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