Say You Won’t Let Go by James Arthur

This song uses essentially one pattern with a slight difference in the chorus (see below)

Pattern 1 (verse):
    Bb                                    F
e|--------1----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------3-----3-----------3----------|--------6-----3-----------3----------|
G|--------3-----3-----------3----------|--------5-----5-----------5----------|
D|--------------3-----------3----------|--3-------------------3--------------|
A|--1-----------1-------1--------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

    Gm7                                   Eb
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------6-----3-----------3----------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------3-----3-----------3----------|--------8-----8-----------8p7--------|
D|--------5-----5-----------5----------|--------8-----8-----------8----------|
A|-------------------------------------|--6----------------------------------|
E|--3-------------------3--------------|-------------------------------------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

Pattern 2 (chorus and last half of verse 3):
    Bb                                    F/A
e|--------1----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------3-----3-----------3----------|--------6----------------------------|
G|--------3-----3-----------3----------|--------5-----5-----------5----------|
D|--------------3-----------3----------|--------7-----7-----------7----------|
A|--1-----------1-------1--------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--5-------------------5--------------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

    Gm7                                   Eb
e|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------6-----3-----------3----------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------3-----3-----------3----------|--------8-----8-----------8p7--------|
D|--------5-----5-----------5----------|--------8-----8-----------8----------|
A|-------------------------------------|--6----------------------------------|
E|--3-------------------3--------------|-------------------------------------|
    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |


Intro:
Bb     F     Gm7     Eb


Verse 1:
Bb                     F
 I met you in the dark, you lit me up

Gm7                        Eb
 You made me feel as though I was enough

Bb                        F
 We danced the night away, we drank too much

Gm7                        Eb
 I held your hair back when you were throwing up

Bb                                 F
 Then you smiled over your shoulder, For a minute I was stone-cold sober

Gm7                       Eb
 I pulled you closer to my chest

Bb                            F
 And you asked me to stay over I said, I already told ya

Gm7                              Eb
 I think that you should get some rest

Bb                      F
 I knew I loved you then but you'd never know

Gm7                                 Eb
 'Cause I played it cool when I was scared of letting go

Bb                  F
 I know I needed you but I never showed

Gm7                      Eb
 I wanna stay with you until we're grey and old


Chorus:
     Bb                   F/A
Just say you won't let go

     Gm7                  Eb
Just say you won't let go


Verse 2:
Bb                         F
 I'll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

Gm7                        Eb
 I'll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

Bb                                F
 And I'll take the kids to school, wave them goodbye

Gm7                           Eb
 And I'll thank my lucky stars for that night

Bb                                  F
 When you looked over your shoulder, for a minute I forget that I'm older

Gm7                           Eb
 I wanna dance with you right now

Bb                                   F
Oh, and you look as beautiful as ever and I swear that everyday'll get better

Gm7                           Eb

 You make me feel this way somehow

Bb                      F
 I'm so in love with you and I hope you know

Gm7                       Eb
 Darling your love is more than worth its weight in gold

Bb                         F
 We've come so far my dear, look how we've grown

Gm7                           Eb
 And I wanna stay with you until we're grey and old

Repeat Chorus

Verse 3:
Bb                    F
I wanna live with you, even when we're ghosts

Gm7                                 Eb
 'Cause you were always there for me when I needed you most

Bb                      F/A
 I'm gonna love you till my lungs give out

Gm7                           Eb
 I promise till death we part like in our vows

Bb                            F/A
 So I wrote this song for you, now everybody knows

Gm7                           Eb
 Finally it's just you and me till we're grey and old

Repeat chorus (2x)

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