Let Me Down Easy Chords by Etta James
Tempo:
99.65 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Ebm
Cm
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Cm] [Cm]
[Eb] I gave [Ab] you all of my love,
[Eb] don't you abuse it.
[Ebm]
[Ab] I gave you tender love and care, oh [Eb] baby, now don't you misuse it.
[F] [Ebm]
[G] And if you got somebody else, [Cm] if you got somebody else [Ab] on your mind,
I want you to [Ebm]
[Eb] please, please, please, baby, [Ab]
let me [Ebm] down easy.
[Bb]
[Eb] I sweated and [Ab] toiled for you, baby, [Ebm] [Ab]
[Eb] I know, I know you know it.
[F] [Ab] [Fm] But if you got any [Ab] appreciation for me, [Eb] you got a sad, sad way of showing it.
Oh yeah.
[Fm] [Gb]
[G] If you got somebody, [Eb] if you [Cm] got somebody, if you got someone else [Ab] on your mind,
[Eb] I want you to please, please, please, [Ab] oh Lord, let me [Eb] down [Abm] easy.
[Eb]
[Ab] You ought to give credit, baby, yeah, oh baby, where credit, where credit is due right now.
[Eb] Cause I know, I know that you know, [Ab] oh [Eb] I've been so good, so good to you.
I
[Ab] did everything, everything for you, [Db] baby, [Ab] that a woman's supposed to do.
[F] And you're taking, you're taking advantage of me, baby, because you know I've been [Bb] a fool, I've been a fool for you.
[Gb] [G] If you got somebody, if you got somebody, [Cm] if you got [Eb] someone else [Ab] on your mind,
[Eb] I want you to please, please, [Bbm] please, [Ab] down, [Eb] let me down easy.
Down, let me down easy.
Oh [Ab] yeah.
Let me [Eb] down, let me down easy.
[Ab] Let me down, baby.
[Eb] [Ebm] [Eb] Take it easy.
[Ab] Let me [Eb] down, let me down easy.
[Ab]
Let me down, baby.
If
[Eb] you got someone else on your mind, I [Ab] want you to please, please, [Eb] let me down.
[G] [C]
Oh, [B] I'm tired [Ab] of sweating and toil for you, [Eb] baby, I know, I know, I know.
[C] [Ab] I know you got to [Eb] have some [Ebm] appreciation for [Eb] me, baby.
[Ab] But you got to say it where you're saying it, where you're showing [Eb] it.
If [Ab] you got somebody, [Eb]
if you got somebody, [Ab]
please,
[Cm] [Eb] [Ab]
let me down, [Eb] let [Cm] me [Eb] down.
[Ab]
[Ebm] Oh, I feel I've been [Ab] so good to [Ebm] you and everything for you, [Eb] baby.
[Ab]
I did [Cm] everything that a woman's supposed to do, [Eb] yeah.
[Ab]
Why you've taken advantage of me?
[Eb] Because you know I've been a fool for you.
[Ab]
If you got [Eb] somebody, if you got [Ab] somebody [Gb] somewhere, [Ab]
somewhere on your mind, I want [Gb] you to please, [Ab] please, [Ebm] please let [Ab] me down.
Let [Eb] me down [Db] easy.
[Gbm] [C] [Ab] [Db]
[Abm] Oh yeah, [Ab] yeah, yeah, let me [Ebm] down, let me [Gbm] [Gm] down [Ab] easy.
[Gb]
[Bm] [Ab] Let me down [Gbm] easy, [Eb] boy.
[F] [Ab]
Let me [Eb] down easy.
[Ab]
Let me down, let [Eb] me [Ebm] down easy.
[Cm] [Ab]
[Eb] Let me down, let me down, let me down, [Ab] baby.
[Eb] Let me down.
[Ab]
You [Ebm] let me down, [Ab] baby.
[Ebm] You gotta let me down, baby.
[Eb] [Ebm] Easy down, [Ab] honey.
Easy [Eb] down.
Oh, baby.
[Ab] Take it easy.
[Eb] Easy.
[Ab] Whoa.
[Eb] [Gb] Easy now.
[Eb]
[N]
[Cm] [Cm]
[Eb] I gave [Ab] you all of my love,
[Eb] don't you abuse it.
[Ebm]
[Ab] I gave you tender love and care, oh [Eb] baby, now don't you misuse it.
[F] [Ebm]
[G] And if you got somebody else, [Cm] if you got somebody else [Ab] on your mind,
I want you to [Ebm]
[Eb] please, please, please, baby, [Ab]
let me [Ebm] down easy.
[Bb]
[Eb] I sweated and [Ab] toiled for you, baby, [Ebm] [Ab]
[Eb] I know, I know you know it.
[F] [Ab] [Fm] But if you got any [Ab] appreciation for me, [Eb] you got a sad, sad way of showing it.
Oh yeah.
[Fm] [Gb]
[G] If you got somebody, [Eb] if you [Cm] got somebody, if you got someone else [Ab] on your mind,
[Eb] I want you to please, please, please, [Ab] oh Lord, let me [Eb] down [Abm] easy.
[Eb]
[Ab] You ought to give credit, baby, yeah, oh baby, where credit, where credit is due right now.
[Eb] Cause I know, I know that you know, [Ab] oh [Eb] I've been so good, so good to you.
I
[Ab] did everything, everything for you, [Db] baby, [Ab] that a woman's supposed to do.
[F] And you're taking, you're taking advantage of me, baby, because you know I've been [Bb] a fool, I've been a fool for you.
[Gb] [G] If you got somebody, if you got somebody, [Cm] if you got [Eb] someone else [Ab] on your mind,
[Eb] I want you to please, please, [Bbm] please, [Ab] down, [Eb] let me down easy.
Down, let me down easy.
Oh [Ab] yeah.
Let me [Eb] down, let me down easy.
[Ab] Let me down, baby.
[Eb] [Ebm] [Eb] Take it easy.
[Ab] Let me [Eb] down, let me down easy.
[Ab]
Let me down, baby.
If
[Eb] you got someone else on your mind, I [Ab] want you to please, please, [Eb] let me down.
[G] [C]
Oh, [B] I'm tired [Ab] of sweating and toil for you, [Eb] baby, I know, I know, I know.
[C] [Ab] I know you got to [Eb] have some [Ebm] appreciation for [Eb] me, baby.
[Ab] But you got to say it where you're saying it, where you're showing [Eb] it.
If [Ab] you got somebody, [Eb]
if you got somebody, [Ab]
please,
[Cm] [Eb] [Ab]
let me down, [Eb] let [Cm] me [Eb] down.
[Ab]
[Ebm] Oh, I feel I've been [Ab] so good to [Ebm] you and everything for you, [Eb] baby.
[Ab]
I did [Cm] everything that a woman's supposed to do, [Eb] yeah.
[Ab]
Why you've taken advantage of me?
[Eb] Because you know I've been a fool for you.
[Ab]
If you got [Eb] somebody, if you got [Ab] somebody [Gb] somewhere, [Ab]
somewhere on your mind, I want [Gb] you to please, [Ab] please, [Ebm] please let [Ab] me down.
Let [Eb] me down [Db] easy.
[Gbm] [C] [Ab] [Db]
[Abm] Oh yeah, [Ab] yeah, yeah, let me [Ebm] down, let me [Gbm] [Gm] down [Ab] easy.
[Gb]
[Bm] [Ab] Let me down [Gbm] easy, [Eb] boy.
[F] [Ab]
Let me [Eb] down easy.
[Ab]
Let me down, let [Eb] me [Ebm] down easy.
[Cm] [Ab]
[Eb] Let me down, let me down, let me down, [Ab] baby.
[Eb] Let me down.
[Ab]
You [Ebm] let me down, [Ab] baby.
[Ebm] You gotta let me down, baby.
[Eb] [Ebm] Easy down, [Ab] honey.
Easy [Eb] down.
Oh, baby.
[Ab] Take it easy.
[Eb] Easy.
[Ab] Whoa.
[Eb] [Gb] Easy now.
[Eb]
[N]
Key:
Ab
Eb
Ebm
Cm
Gb
Ab
Eb
Ebm
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [Cm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ I gave [Ab] you all of my love, _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ don't you abuse it.
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Ab] _ I gave you tender love and care, _ _ oh [Eb] baby, _ now don't you misuse it.
_ _ [F] _ [Ebm] _
[G] _ _ _ And if you got somebody _ else, _ [Cm] if you got somebody else [Ab] on your mind,
_ I want you to [Ebm]
[Eb] please, please, please, baby, [Ab] _
_ let _ me [Ebm] down easy. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ I sweated and [Ab] toiled for you, baby, [Ebm] _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ _ I know, I know you know it. _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] But if you got any [Ab] appreciation for me, _ _ _ [Eb] you got a sad, sad way of showing it.
Oh yeah.
[Fm] _ [Gb] _
[G] _ _ _ _ If you got somebody, _ _ [Eb] if you [Cm] got somebody, if you got someone else [Ab] on your mind, _
[Eb] I want you to please, please, please, [Ab] oh Lord, _ let me [Eb] down [Abm] easy. _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ You ought to give credit, baby, yeah, _ oh baby, _ where credit, where credit is due right now. _
_ [Eb] _ Cause I know, I know that you know, _ _ [Ab] oh [Eb] I've been so good, so good to you.
I _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ did everything, _ everything for you, [Db] baby, [Ab] _ _ _ that a woman's supposed to do. _ _
[F] And you're taking, you're taking advantage of me, baby, _ because you know I've been [Bb] a fool, I've been a fool for you. _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ [G] _ _ If you got somebody, _ if you got somebody, _ [Cm] _ if you got [Eb] someone else [Ab] on your mind, _ _
[Eb] I want you to please, please, [Bbm] please, [Ab] _ _ _ down, [Eb] let me down easy. _ _ _
_ _ _ Down, let me down easy.
_ Oh [Ab] yeah.
_ _ _ Let me [Eb] down, let me down easy. _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ Let me down, baby.
[Eb] _ [Ebm] [Eb] Take it easy.
[Ab] _ _ Let me [Eb] down, let me down easy.
_ [Ab] _
_ Let me down, baby.
If _ _
[Eb] you got someone else on your mind, I [Ab] want you to please, please, [Eb] _ let me down.
[G] _ [C] _
Oh, [B] I'm tired [Ab] of sweating and toil for you, [Eb] baby, I know, I know, I know.
[C] _ _ [Ab] I know you got to [Eb] have some [Ebm] appreciation for [Eb] me, baby. _ _
[Ab] But you got to say it where you're saying it, where you're showing [Eb] it.
If [Ab] you got somebody, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
if you got somebody, _ [Ab] _
_ _ please, _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ let me down, [Eb] _ let [Cm] me [Eb] down.
[Ab] _
_ [Ebm] Oh, I feel I've been [Ab] so good to [Ebm] you and _ everything for you, [Eb] baby.
[Ab]
I _ did [Cm] everything that a woman's supposed to do, [Eb] yeah.
_ [Ab] _
Why you've taken advantage of me?
[Eb] Because you know I've been a fool for you.
[Ab] _
_ If you got [Eb] somebody, if you got [Ab] somebody [Gb] somewhere, [Ab] _
somewhere on your mind, I want [Gb] you to please, _ _ [Ab] please, [Ebm] please let [Ab] me down.
Let [Eb] me down [Db] easy.
[Gbm] _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ [Db]
[Abm] Oh yeah, [Ab] yeah, yeah, let me [Ebm] down, let me [Gbm] [Gm] down _ [Ab] easy.
[Gb] _
[Bm] _ _ [Ab] _ Let me down [Gbm] easy, [Eb] boy.
_ [F] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ Let me [Eb] down easy.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _
Let me down, let [Eb] me [Ebm] down easy.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] Let me down, let me down, let me down, [Ab] baby. _
_ _ [Eb] Let me _ _ down.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
_ You [Ebm] let me down, _ _ _ [Ab] _ baby.
_ [Ebm] You gotta let me down, baby.
[Eb] _ [Ebm] Easy down, [Ab] honey.
Easy [Eb] down.
_ Oh, baby.
_ [Ab] _ Take it easy.
_ [Eb] Easy. _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Whoa.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Gb] Easy now.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [Cm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ I gave [Ab] you all of my love, _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ don't you abuse it.
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Ab] _ I gave you tender love and care, _ _ oh [Eb] baby, _ now don't you misuse it.
_ _ [F] _ [Ebm] _
[G] _ _ _ And if you got somebody _ else, _ [Cm] if you got somebody else [Ab] on your mind,
_ I want you to [Ebm]
[Eb] please, please, please, baby, [Ab] _
_ let _ me [Ebm] down easy. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ I sweated and [Ab] toiled for you, baby, [Ebm] _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ _ I know, I know you know it. _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] But if you got any [Ab] appreciation for me, _ _ _ [Eb] you got a sad, sad way of showing it.
Oh yeah.
[Fm] _ [Gb] _
[G] _ _ _ _ If you got somebody, _ _ [Eb] if you [Cm] got somebody, if you got someone else [Ab] on your mind, _
[Eb] I want you to please, please, please, [Ab] oh Lord, _ let me [Eb] down [Abm] easy. _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ You ought to give credit, baby, yeah, _ oh baby, _ where credit, where credit is due right now. _
_ [Eb] _ Cause I know, I know that you know, _ _ [Ab] oh [Eb] I've been so good, so good to you.
I _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ did everything, _ everything for you, [Db] baby, [Ab] _ _ _ that a woman's supposed to do. _ _
[F] And you're taking, you're taking advantage of me, baby, _ because you know I've been [Bb] a fool, I've been a fool for you. _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ [G] _ _ If you got somebody, _ if you got somebody, _ [Cm] _ if you got [Eb] someone else [Ab] on your mind, _ _
[Eb] I want you to please, please, [Bbm] please, [Ab] _ _ _ down, [Eb] let me down easy. _ _ _
_ _ _ Down, let me down easy.
_ Oh [Ab] yeah.
_ _ _ Let me [Eb] down, let me down easy. _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ Let me down, baby.
[Eb] _ [Ebm] [Eb] Take it easy.
[Ab] _ _ Let me [Eb] down, let me down easy.
_ [Ab] _
_ Let me down, baby.
If _ _
[Eb] you got someone else on your mind, I [Ab] want you to please, please, [Eb] _ let me down.
[G] _ [C] _
Oh, [B] I'm tired [Ab] of sweating and toil for you, [Eb] baby, I know, I know, I know.
[C] _ _ [Ab] I know you got to [Eb] have some [Ebm] appreciation for [Eb] me, baby. _ _
[Ab] But you got to say it where you're saying it, where you're showing [Eb] it.
If [Ab] you got somebody, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
if you got somebody, _ [Ab] _
_ _ please, _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ let me down, [Eb] _ let [Cm] me [Eb] down.
[Ab] _
_ [Ebm] Oh, I feel I've been [Ab] so good to [Ebm] you and _ everything for you, [Eb] baby.
[Ab]
I _ did [Cm] everything that a woman's supposed to do, [Eb] yeah.
_ [Ab] _
Why you've taken advantage of me?
[Eb] Because you know I've been a fool for you.
[Ab] _
_ If you got [Eb] somebody, if you got [Ab] somebody [Gb] somewhere, [Ab] _
somewhere on your mind, I want [Gb] you to please, _ _ [Ab] please, [Ebm] please let [Ab] me down.
Let [Eb] me down [Db] easy.
[Gbm] _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ [Db]
[Abm] Oh yeah, [Ab] yeah, yeah, let me [Ebm] down, let me [Gbm] [Gm] down _ [Ab] easy.
[Gb] _
[Bm] _ _ [Ab] _ Let me down [Gbm] easy, [Eb] boy.
_ [F] _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ Let me [Eb] down easy.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _
Let me down, let [Eb] me [Ebm] down easy.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] Let me down, let me down, let me down, [Ab] baby. _
_ _ [Eb] Let me _ _ down.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
_ You [Ebm] let me down, _ _ _ [Ab] _ baby.
_ [Ebm] You gotta let me down, baby.
[Eb] _ [Ebm] Easy down, [Ab] honey.
Easy [Eb] down.
_ Oh, baby.
_ [Ab] _ Take it easy.
_ [Eb] Easy. _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Whoa.
_ _ [Eb] _ [Gb] Easy now.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _