Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

We both know that I shouldn't be here

This is wrong

 And baby it's killing me

 It's killing you

 But both of us trying to be strong

I've got somewhere else to be

Promises to keep

Someone else who loves me

 And trusted me fast asleep

Pre-chorus

I've made up my mind

There is no turning back

She's been good to me

 And she deserves better than that

Chorus/coro:

It's the hardest thing

 I'll ever have to do

 To look you in the eye

 And tell you i don't love you

 It's the hardest thing

 I'll ever have to lie

 To show no emotion

 When you start to cry

I can't let you see

 What you mean to me

 When my hands are tied

 And my heart’s not free

We're not meant to be

 It's the hardest thing

 I'll ever have to do

 To turn around and walk away

 Pretending i don't love you

Verse 2

I know we'll meet again

Fate has a place and time

So you can get on with your life

 I've got to be cruel to be kind

Like Doctor Zhivago

All my love I’ll be sending

 And you'll never know

 'Cause there can be no happy ending

Chorus/coro:

It's the hardest thing

 I'll ever have to do

 To look you in the eye

 And tell you i don't love you

 It's the hardest thing

 I'll ever have to lie

 To show no emotion

 When you start to cry

I can't let you see

 What you mean to me

 When my hands are tied

 And my heart’s not free

We're not meant to be

 It's the hardest thing

 I'll ever have to do

 To turn around and walk away

 Pretending i don't love you

Bridge

Pre-chorus

I've made up my mind

There is no turning back

She's been good to me

 And she deserves better than that

Chorus/coro:

It's the hardest thing

 I'll ever have to do

 To look you in the eye

 And tell you i don't love you

 It's the hardest thing

 I'll ever have to lie

 To show no emotion

 When you start to cry

I can't let you see

 What you mean to me

 When my hands are tied

 And my heart’s not free

We're not meant to be

 It's the hardest thing

 I'll ever have to do

 To turn around and walk away

 Pretending i don't love you