Let Me Down Easy - The Isley Brothers
Abmaj7 4x554x
A#7aug 6x677x
A#m7 6x666x (sometimes 6x669x)
Bbm7 6x666x
Bbsus4 x1334x
B/D# x6444x
Bmaj7 x2434x (in intro, but verse uses 7x887x)
Bmaj9 x2132x
Cm7 x3534x
C#sus x4444x
D#m x466xx (or better, B988xx, where B == 11)
D#sus x6666x
Ebsus x6666x
Fsus 1x334x
F#7b9 212020
F#maj7 2x332x
G7aug 3x344x
Gm7 3x333x
G#m7 4x444x
Intro
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
| Bmaj7 Bmaj9 - | G#m7 C#sus A#7aug |
| D#sus D#m A#m7 | D#sus D#m A#m7 |
| G#m7 B/D# G#m7 | C#sus - A#7aug |
| D#sus D#m A#m7 | D#sus D#m A#m7 |
| G#m7 - F#7b9 | Bmaj7 C#sus |
| F#maj7 A#m7 |
Verse
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
|:G#m7 - - | A#m7 Bmaj7 A#m7 |
| G#m7 - - | A#m7 Bmaj7 A#m7 |
| G#m7 - - | C#sus - A#7aug |
| D#sus D#m A#m7 | D#sus D#m A#m7 :|
Is love behind me?
Though I need you to satisfy me
Destiny will prove to divide me
For you're a part of me
I feel the love within you
Your beauty lies deep within you
Touching me when you feel the need to
Become as one with me
Chorus
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
| G#m7 B/D# G#m7 | C#sus - A#7aug |
| D#sus D#m A#m7 | D#sus D#m A#m7 |
| G#m7 - F#7b9 | Bmaj7 C#sus |
| F#maj7 A#m7 |
So let me down easy
If ever you were to leave
My love, let me down easy
For all I know is you
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Verse
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
|:G#m7 - - | A#m7 Bmaj7 A#m7 |
| G#m7 - - | A#m7 Bmaj7 A#m7 |
| G#m7 - - | C#sus - A#7aug |
| D#sus D#m A#m7 | D#sus D#m A#m7 :|
Take you for granted?
That could never, never be
An advantage
All this love, and free from demanding
You have always felt the need to be pleased
And you stay close beside me
Though our minds are free for deciding
The life to lead and desiring
To see what they can see
Chorus
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
| G#m7 B/D# G#m7 | C#sus - A#7aug |
| D#sus D#m A#m7 | D#sus D#m A#m7 |
| G#m7 | Fsus Bbsus4 Gm7 |
Oooh!
Let me down easy
If ever you were to leave
My love, let me down easy
Ooohhh...
Bridge
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
| Cm7 | Gm7 |
| Bbm7 Ebsus | Abmaj7 G7aug |
| Cm7 | Gm7 |
| G#m7 | C#sus A#7aug |
| D#sus D#m A#m7 | D#sus D#m A#m7 |
Ah! Spending time, time with you
Counting the days of my life
Oh, hoping that, that with me
You will stay
Chorus
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
| G#m7 B/D# G#m7 | C#sus - A#7aug |
| D#sus D#m A#m7 | D#sus D#m A#m7 |
| G#m7 - F#7b9 | Bmaj7 C#sus |
| F#maj7 A#m7 |
So let me down easy
If ever you were to leave
My love, let me down easy
For all I know is you
Verse
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
|:G#m7 - - | A#m7 Bmaj7 A#m7 |
| G#m7 - - | A#m7 Bmaj7 A#m7 |
| G#m7 - - | C#sus - A#7aug |
| D#sus D#m A#m7 | D#sus D#m A#m7 :|
Being around you
Lovely things I feel are about you
Being strong until I'm without you
For you're the strength in me
And you give me inspiration
Realizing that it has taken
More love and more love makin'
To fulfill my every need
So for me
Chorus
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
|:G#m7 B/D# G#m7 | C#sus - A#7aug |
| D#sus D#m A#m7 | D#sus D#m A#m7 :| x6, fade
Let me down easy
If ever you were to leave
My love, let me down easy
If ever you were to leave
My love, let me down
Oh, easy
If ever you were to leave
My lo-ove, let me down, let me down, let me down
Easy, baby
Oh-ho! Let me down, down, down, down, down, down easy
Hey, if ever, if ever, ever, ever you were to leave me
