What do I let ring, and for how long?
2nd time what?
Ritardando — gradually slow down.
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And my best guess on the first bar is to hold the notes as an appegiated chord until you get to the 12th fret D in the second half.
@PamPurrs ? @howard ?
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Agreed - play the arpeggiated eighth notes but do not mute them, hold them.
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Well then I guess this is where I give up trying to play this song fingerstyle
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Freedom?
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First you have an Am7 chord (A,C,E,G) and you’re playing AEG so they can all ring together as an arpeggiated chord.
Second you have a D/A (second inversion of D major) chord (D, F#, A) and you’re playing A, D, F#, D so they can all ring together.
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Lol I’ve read Retardando. 
The low A is the real important ringer-outer.
It’s nice if each new fingering can be held out too, but the A is the big one.
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