The Hardest Part Of Love Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

E Dadd9 E C♯m E Dadd9 E

Verse 1

Oh this soEn of mine I Dadd9lovE e so well

And C♯mall Ethe toil it Dadd9takE es

I’d gEive to him a gC♯m7 arden

and kDeep it clear of snE akes

But the G♯mone thing he most treaA sures

Is to mBake his own misC♯mtakes - ohhh F♯m

He goes chaErging on the cDadd9lifE fs of life

A rC♯mecklEess mountainDadd9eerE

I could heElp him not to sC♯m7 tumble

I could wDarn him what to fE ear

I could sG♯mhout until I’m A breathless

And he’d sBtill refuse to C♯mhear - ohhh F♯m

Chorus

But you cF♯mannot clA7Mose the B acorn

Once the G♯m7oak begins to C♯m grow

And you cG♯mannot G♯m7close your C♯m7 heart

To what it fF♯mears and nA7eeds to kB now

That the hG♯mardest pAart C♯mof loB ve

Is the letting E go

Verse 2

As a chiEld I found a sDadd9parE row

Who had fC♯malleEn from the nDadd9estE

And I nuErsed him back to hC♯m7 ealth

Till he was stDronger than the rE est

But wG♯mhen I tried to hA old it

It would pBeck and scratch my cC♯m hest

Till I let itF♯m go

And I waEtched it fly Dadd9awaE y from me

With its bC♯mrighEtened self reDadd9solE ve

And pEart of me was cC♯m7 ursing

I had helDped it grow so stE rong

And I fG♯meared it might go huA ngry

And I feBared it might go wC♯mrong - ohhhF♯m

Chorus

But I cF♯mould not cA7lose the aB corn

Once the G♯m7oak began to gC♯m row

And I G♯mcannot G♯m7close my C♯m7 heart

To what it fF♯mears and nA7eeds to knB ow

That the haG♯mrdest pAartC♯m of lB ove

Is the letting gE o

E Dadd9 E C♯m E Dadd9 E

And it’s oEnly in Dadd9EdeE n

Grows a C♯mroseE without a tDadd9horE n

And your cEhildren start to lC♯m7 eave you

On the dDay that they were bE orn

They will lG♯meave you there to cA heer for them

They will lBeave you there to C♯mmourn ever F♯m so

Like an Eark on uncDadd9harE ted seas

Their C♯mliveEs will be toDadd9sseE d

And dEeeper is your C♯m7 love for them

The Dcrueler is the cE ost

And G♯mjust when they start to fA ind themselves

Is wBhen you fear they’re C♯mlost - ohhhF♯m

Chorus

But you cF♯mannot A7Mclose the B acorn

Once the G♯m7oak begins to C♯m grow

And you cG♯mannot G♯m7close your C♯m7 heart

To what it fF♯mears and nA7eeds to kB now

That the hG♯mardest pAart C♯mof loB ve

And the G♯mrarest ApartC♯m of lB ove

And the C♯mtruest part of AlovB e

Is the letting E go