Let Me Down (Kelly Clarkson)
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 1st fret
Me playing it on acoustic guitar, it might help you for the strumming pattern:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBmq6d3wllQ&feature=player_embedded
Intro: Em x2
Em
I think I might be a fortune teller
C
I read your face just like a letter
G
The funny thing about forever
D
Is it comes with a side of never never
Em
I cant buy into what you're selling
C
And no its not that I don't want it
G
Believe me I love to close my eyes
D
Enjoy the ride but you've made a bad decision and I
Em C
I know, I know, I know,
G D
I know, I know, I know
C
You're only gonna let me down
G Em D
When it counts, you countdown
C
You're only gonna turn me out
G Em D
As I burn, you burn out
C G
You're only gonna make me feel so crazy
Em D
But when I think we could be something
C G Em
You go and let me down, let me down
D Em C G D
Oh
Em
I am too smart to let you in here
C
But i'm just dumb enough to linger
G
I wanna think that you'll be different
D
Smoking mirrors are so clever clever
Em
I picked him and things went so bad
C
Then what you say won't actually happen
G
I've been dying to open my eyes
D
See you try instead of always leaving me out to dry
Em C D
I know, I know
C
You're only gonna let me down
G Em D
When it counts, you countdown
C
You're only gonna turn me out
G Em D
As I burn, you burn out
C G
You're only gonna make me feel so crazy
Em D
But when I think we could be something
C G Em
You go and let me down, let me down
D
Oh
Em C
I need to be there when you say you're gonna be
G D
I care too much and you care enough to leave
Em C
I want some place to rest my head without worrying
G
It's not fair (it's not fair) it's not fair (it's not fair)
D
It's not fair to me cause i know by now
C
You're only gonna let me down
G Em D
When it counts, you countdown
C
You're only gonna turn me out
G Em D
As I burn, you burn out
C G
You're only gonna make me feel so crazy
Em D
But when I think we could be something
C G Em D
You go and let me down, let me down
C
You're only gonna let me down
G Em D
When it counts, you countdown
C
You're only gonna turn me out
G Em D
As I burn, you burn out
C G
You're only gonna make me feel so crazy
Em D
But when I think we could be something
C G Em
You go and let me down, let me down
D
Oh
Em C G D x4
End on Em