Verse:
          F
He's what I want
    Cadd9
But I'm not what he needs
            F
He needs to wake up
    F
And look in the mirror
    Cadd9
And like just what he sees
 
Pre-Chorus:
       F
And it kills me
       G
That I have to leave
   G                Am7
To watch him go get better
    F         G
Cuz I'd set myself on fire
      G                    Am7
If it meant he'd come back after
 
Chorus:
               Dm
Because I love him
  G
I love him
       C                 F
That's why I'll let him go
  Dm
I love him
      G
And I want him
       C         C       F
But we both need time to grow
                     G
And if the world was kind
C                F
I could make him stay
               G
It pains me to think of the girl
    C       C         F
Who gets to trace his veins
  F
I love him
    Fm                   F     Cadd9
But it's better off this way
 
Verse:
           F
We had the best time
           F
And he was all mine
      Cadd9
And I never wanna leave
             F
We'd stay up all night
           F
And whe he drifts off
        Cadd9
I can't help but watch him sleep
 
Pre-Chorus:
           F     G
Oh he's so beautiful
    G                  Am7
And I tell him all the time
          F               G
I'd never said words more true
          G                Am7
I'd stand by them until I die
 
Chorus:
          Dm
Oh I love him
  G
I love him
       C     C          F
That's why I'll let him go
   Dm
I love him
      G
And I want him
       C         C       F
But we both need time to grow
                    G
And if the world was kind
C       C        F
I could make him stay
               G                     C       C         F
It pains me to think of the girl who gets to trace his veins
F
I love him
         Fm              Dm  G
But it's better off this way     
C C   F
Ooooooh
 
Bridge:
Dm      G
Mmmmmmhhmm
C C     F
Mmhhm
     Fm   G
Hmmmmmm
 
Chorus:
       Dm
I love him
  G
I love him
     C       C       F
So I have to let him go
  Dm
I love him
      G
And I want him
       C        C        F
I only hope he finds his growth
                     G
And if the world was kind
C  C           F
He would wanna stay
                G
And if theres a next one
            C       C          F
I hope that she can love him the same
  F
I don't know
           Fm                   Dm   G
It doesn't feel better off this way
C     F
Mmmhhmmm
           Dm    G   C   F
I can only pray