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Say You Won’t Let Go Chords

James Arthur Beginner Key of G 4 Chords 4 min read

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Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Capo

None

Chords

G · Em · C · D

James Arthur’s heartfelt ballad about a lasting love. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

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Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but play the G chord shapes shown.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G C

I met you in the dark, you lit me up

G C

You made me feel as though I was enough

G C

We danced the night away, we drank too much

G C

I held your hair back when you were throwing up

G C

Then you smiled over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I was stone-cold sober

G C

I pulled you closer to my chest

G C

And you asked me to stay over

G C

I said, I already told you

G C

I think that you should get some rest

Verse 2

G C

I knew I loved you then, but you’d never know

G C

’Cause I played it cool when I was scared of letting go

G C

I know I needed you, but I never showed

G C

But I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Verse 3

G C

When you looked over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I forget that I’m older

G C

I wanna dance with you right now, oh

G C

And you look as beautiful as ever

G C

And I swear that everyday you’ll get better

G C

You make me feel this way somehow

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Bridge

Am

I’m so in love with you

Em

And I hope you know

C G

Darling, your love is more than worth its weight in gold

Am

We’ve come so far, my dear

Em

Look how we’ve grown

C G

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

Am Em

Just say you won’t let go

C G

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Outro

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Oh, just say you won’t let go

Practice tip: Master the G to C transition, as it’s the most common change in this song. Strum slowly and focus on clean chord changes before adding the full strum pattern.

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Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Tuning

G-C-E-A

Chords

G · Em · C · D

James Arthur’s heartfelt ballad about a lasting love. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

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Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but play the G chord shapes shown.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G C

I met you in the dark, you lit me up

G C

You made me feel as though I was enough

G C

We danced the night away, we drank too much

G C

I held your hair back when you were throwing up

G C

Then you smiled over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I was stone-cold sober

G C

I pulled you closer to my chest

G C

And you asked me to stay over

G C

I said, I already told you

G C

I think that you should get some rest

Verse 2

G C

I knew I loved you then, but you’d never know

G C

’Cause I played it cool when I was scared of letting go

G C

I know I needed you, but I never showed

G C

But I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Verse 3

G C

When you looked over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I forget that I’m older

G C

I wanna dance with you right now, oh

G C

And you look as beautiful as ever

G C

And I swear that everyday you’ll get better

G C

You make me feel this way somehow

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Bridge

Am

I’m so in love with you

Em

And I hope you know

C G

Darling, your love is more than worth its weight in gold

Am

We’ve come so far, my dear

Em

Look how we’ve grown

C G

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

Am Em

Just say you won’t let go

C G

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Outro

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Oh, just say you won’t let go

Practice tip: Master the G to C transition, as it’s the most common change in this song. Strum slowly and focus on clean chord changes before adding the full strum pattern.

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Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Left Hand

Root notes

Chords

G · Em · C · D

James Arthur’s heartfelt ballad about a lasting love. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

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Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but play the G chord shapes shown.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G C

I met you in the dark, you lit me up

G C

You made me feel as though I was enough

G C

We danced the night away, we drank too much

G C

I held your hair back when you were throwing up

G C

Then you smiled over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I was stone-cold sober

G C

I pulled you closer to my chest

G C

And you asked me to stay over

G C

I said, I already told you

G C

I think that you should get some rest

Verse 2

G C

I knew I loved you then, but you’d never know

G C

’Cause I played it cool when I was scared of letting go

G C

I know I needed you, but I never showed

G C

But I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Verse 3

G C

When you looked over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I forget that I’m older

G C

I wanna dance with you right now, oh

G C

And you look as beautiful as ever

G C

And I swear that everyday you’ll get better

G C

You make me feel this way somehow

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Bridge

Am

I’m so in love with you

Em

And I hope you know

C G

Darling, your love is more than worth its weight in gold

Am

We’ve come so far, my dear

Em

Look how we’ve grown

C G

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

Am Em

Just say you won’t let go

C G

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Outro

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Oh, just say you won’t let go

Practice tip: Master the G to C transition, as it’s the most common change in this song. Strum slowly and focus on clean chord changes before adding the full strum pattern.

Gtap to play

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Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Tuning

gDGBD (Open G)

Chords

G · Em · C · D

James Arthur’s heartfelt ballad about a lasting love. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

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Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but play the G chord shapes shown.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G C

I met you in the dark, you lit me up

G C

You made me feel as though I was enough

G C

We danced the night away, we drank too much

G C

I held your hair back when you were throwing up

G C

Then you smiled over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I was stone-cold sober

G C

I pulled you closer to my chest

G C

And you asked me to stay over

G C

I said, I already told you

G C

I think that you should get some rest

Verse 2

G C

I knew I loved you then, but you’d never know

G C

’Cause I played it cool when I was scared of letting go

G C

I know I needed you, but I never showed

G C

But I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Verse 3

G C

When you looked over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I forget that I’m older

G C

I wanna dance with you right now, oh

G C

And you look as beautiful as ever

G C

And I swear that everyday you’ll get better

G C

You make me feel this way somehow

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Bridge

Am

I’m so in love with you

Em

And I hope you know

C G

Darling, your love is more than worth its weight in gold

Am

We’ve come so far, my dear

Em

Look how we’ve grown

C G

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

Am Em

Just say you won’t let go

C G

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Outro

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Oh, just say you won’t let go

Practice tip: Master the G to C transition, as it’s the most common change in this song. Strum slowly and focus on clean chord changes before adding the full strum pattern.

Gtap to play

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Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Tuning

G-D-A-E

Chords

G · Em · C · D

James Arthur’s heartfelt ballad about a lasting love. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

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Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but play the G chord shapes shown.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G C

I met you in the dark, you lit me up

G C

You made me feel as though I was enough

G C

We danced the night away, we drank too much

G C

I held your hair back when you were throwing up

G C

Then you smiled over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I was stone-cold sober

G C

I pulled you closer to my chest

G C

And you asked me to stay over

G C

I said, I already told you

G C

I think that you should get some rest

Verse 2

G C

I knew I loved you then, but you’d never know

G C

’Cause I played it cool when I was scared of letting go

G C

I know I needed you, but I never showed

G C

But I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Verse 3

G C

When you looked over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I forget that I’m older

G C

I wanna dance with you right now, oh

G C

And you look as beautiful as ever

G C

And I swear that everyday you’ll get better

G C

You make me feel this way somehow

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Bridge

Am

I’m so in love with you

Em

And I hope you know

C G

Darling, your love is more than worth its weight in gold

Am

We’ve come so far, my dear

Em

Look how we’ve grown

C G

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

Am Em

Just say you won’t let go

C G

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Outro

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Oh, just say you won’t let go

Practice tip: Master the G to C transition, as it’s the most common change in this song. Strum slowly and focus on clean chord changes before adding the full strum pattern.

Gtap to play

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Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Harp Key

C Diatonic

Chords

G · Em · C · D

James Arthur’s heartfelt ballad about a lasting love. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

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Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but play the G chord shapes shown.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G C

I met you in the dark, you lit me up

G C

You made me feel as though I was enough

G C

We danced the night away, we drank too much

G C

I held your hair back when you were throwing up

G C

Then you smiled over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I was stone-cold sober

G C

I pulled you closer to my chest

G C

And you asked me to stay over

G C

I said, I already told you

G C

I think that you should get some rest

Verse 2

G C

I knew I loved you then, but you’d never know

G C

’Cause I played it cool when I was scared of letting go

G C

I know I needed you, but I never showed

G C

But I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Verse 3

G C

When you looked over your shoulder

G C

For a minute, I forget that I’m older

G C

I wanna dance with you right now, oh

G C

And you look as beautiful as ever

G C

And I swear that everyday you’ll get better

G C

You make me feel this way somehow

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Bridge

Am

I’m so in love with you

Em

And I hope you know

C G

Darling, your love is more than worth its weight in gold

Am

We’ve come so far, my dear

Em

Look how we’ve grown

C G

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

Am Em

Just say you won’t let go

C G

Just say you won’t let go

Chorus

G C

I’ll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

G C

I’ll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

G C

And I’ll take the kids to school

G

Wave them goodbye

G C

And I’ll thank my lucky stars for that night

Outro

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

And I wanna stay with you until we’re grey and old

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Just say you won’t let go

G C

Oh, just say you won’t let go

Practice tip: Master the G to C transition, as it’s the most common change in this song. Strum slowly and focus on clean chord changes before adding the full strum pattern.