Never Let Me Go

Aretha Franklin

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Bm7Diagram coming soon

CdimDiagram coming soon

G6Diagram coming soon

F#7Diagram coming soon

F7Diagram coming soon

Am7

FdimDiagram coming soon

D9Diagram coming soon

B7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro: Bm7 E7/9- Bm7 E7/9-  
 
 Bm7             E7/9-    
Never let me go, love me much too much 
A                 Cdim   
If you let me go life would lose it's touch 
G6          G7M     F#7  
What would I be without you  
F7                   F7M     E7  
There's no place for me without you 
Bm7              E7/9-    
Never let me go, I'd be so lost  
Am7          Cdim   
If you went away  
G6            G7M     F#7  
There'd be a thousand hours in the day  
   Fdim  E7 D9  A7M  D9 Cm5-/7 A7M     
Without you, I know.  
  E7/9-     A7M            Bm7           E7/9-  
Because of one caress, my world was overturned  
Bm5-/7    E7/9-        Am7                 Cdim   
 At the very start, all my bridges burned by my flaming heart 
G6           G7M       F#7  
You'd never leave me, would you  
F7            F7M      B7  
You couldn't hurt me, could you  
D9          Fdim E7/13   Cdim  A  
Never let me go, never let me go

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Chord set

Bm7 · E7 · A · Cdim · G6 · F#7 · F7 · Am7 · Fdim · D9 · B7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.