Letting People Down chords by Lori McKenna

SimplifiedD · Bm · A · G · Em

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Staring at trophies in milk crates
G 
On the floor of a northeastern
garage
D 
Wondering how it's all such a blessing
G 
And why it's all so damn hard

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Verse 2

It's the Massachusetts Turnpike

And when I get home,

I'll creep down the hall

Snow in the headlights,

they call it a dream

But the world's flat and I'm falling off

Verse 3
Em 
G 
Hold your arms out,  jump,
hell, at least you tried
Em 
G 
I fall short, I always fall behind
Bm 
G 
A 
G 
I hate letting people down
Bm 
A 
G 
I hate letting people down
Bm 
G 
A 
I hate letting people down
G 
and I do it all the time
D 

Verse 4

I never wanted to hurt you

But I'm elbows deep in that dirt

I still count every unplanted seed

I write down every unspoken word

Verse 5
Em 
G 
Hold your arms out, God help the justified
Em 
G 
I fall short, I always fall behind
Bm 
G 
A 
G 
I hate letting people down
Bm 
G 
A 
G 
I hate letting people down
Bm 
A 
G 
I hate letting people down and
I do it all the time
D 

Verse 6
Bm 
You get up  for work every day
A 
You drag yourself right out of bed
Em 
The arms of those angels
G 
Are wrapped around the dreams you left
Bm 
I look the other way
A 
pretending not to notice
Em 
I don't know how it died
G 
But I know where the ghost is

Verse 7
Bm 
A 
G 
I hate letting people down
Bm 
A 
G 
I hate letting people down
Bm 
A 
G 
I hate letting people down but
Bm 
G 
A 
I do it all the time
G 
Bm 
G 
A 
I'm sorry, I hate letting people down
G 
Bm 
A 
I'm sorry, I hate letting people
G 
down and I do it all the time