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Overview (Please Read)
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This is an acoustic guitar arrangement for the song Let It Go, from Disney's Frozen.
This arrangement was made because of the difficulty of transposing an orchestral
score to acoustic guitar, and combines parts unique to the soundtrack version with
parts unique to the single (Demi Lovato) version. Some chords had to be changed
because the two versions are in different keys. This arrangement uses the original
soundtrack key of A flat major (starting in the relative minor). Like most songs
that use a capo, these chords are transcribed by the chord shape, not the chord sound.
That is, despite fingering a G chord, you're actually play Ab.
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- This arrangement is different then any recorded versions -
- and is intended to be -
- Please do not comment about any inaccuracies -
- compared to either recorded versions -
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Chords and Tuning
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Key of Ab Major
Standard Tuning
Capo on 1
Chord Shapes
G (320033)
D (xx0232)
Dadd11/F# (200233)
C (x32010
Cadd9 (x32033)
Em (022000)
Em7 (022033)
A (x02220)
Am (x02210)
Asus4 (x02230)
G/B (x20033)
Gm/Bb (x10033)
Cadd2 (x32030)
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Let It Go
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[Verse 1]
Em C D Asus4 Am
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight not a footprint to be seen
Em C D Asus4 A
A kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm the queen
Em C D Asus4 Am
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Em D A
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I've tried
[Pre-chorus 1]
D C
Don't let them in, don't let them see
D
Be the good girl you always have to be
C
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
Cadd2
Well, now they know
[Chorus 1]
G Dadd11/F#
Let it go, let it go
Em7 Cadd9
Can't hold it back anymore
G Dadd11/F#
Let it go, let it go
Em7 Cadd9
Turn away and slam the door
G Dadd11/F# Em7 Cadd9
I don't care what they're going to say
G/B Gm/Bb
Let the storm rage on
C
The cold never bothered me anyway
[Break]*
G Dadd11/F#
[Verse 2]
Em C D Am
It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small
Em D Am A
And the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all
Em C D Am C
Up here in the cold thin air I finally can breathe
Em C D A
I know I left a life behind but I'm too relieved to grieve
[Pre-chorus 2]
D C
It's time to see what I can do
D
To test the limits and break through
C
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
Cadd2
I'm free
[Chorus 2]
G Dadd11/F#
Let it go, let it go
Em7 Cadd9
I am one with the wind and sky
G Dadd11/F#
Let it go, let it go
Em7 Cadd9
You'll never see me cry
G Dadd11/F# Em7 Cadd9
Here I stand and here I'll stay
G/B Gm/Bb C
Let the storm rage on
[Bridge]
G Dadd11/F# Em7 Cadd9
Standing frozen in the life I've chosen
G Dadd11/F# Em7 Cadd9
You won't find me, the past is far behind me
G D Em C
Buried in the snow
[Bridge 2]**
C
My power flurries through the air into the ground
C
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
D
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
Em C D Am Cadd9
I'm never going back, the past is in the past
[Chorus 3]
G Dadd11/F#
Let it go, let it go
Em7 Cadd9
And I'll rise like the break of dawn
G Dadd11/F#
Let it go, let it go
Em7 Cadd9
That perfect girl is gone
G Dadd11/F# Em7 Cadd9
Here I stand in the light of day
G/B Gm/Bb
Let the storm rage on
C
The cold never bothered me anyway
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Notes
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*The break is just two measures, play it the same way you'd play the first
line of the chorus, but where the second line of the chorus would start,
begin the second verse. It takes some practice to get the timing right,
but it should sync up with the recorded Idina Menzel version still at that
point, so you can listen to it for timing. It's when the orchestral strings
come in.
**The first three lines of the second bridge (which is the second half of
the bridge from the original recording) sound better with power chords or
5 chords. The fingerings for these are: C (x355xx) and D (x577xx).
Additionally, this arrangement is structured in a way that you could drop
the entire second bridge, if you so choose, but it adds tension and
complexity to the final third of the song.
Finally, in almost the entire song the Dadd11/F# chord can either be replaced
by a normal D chord (Chorus) or a Dsus4 chord (all other times). The fingering
is: Dsus4 (xx0233).