{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":817586,"song":"Hard Love","artist":"Martin Simpson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11596230-hard-love-chords-by-martin-simpson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/817586?type=chord","rating":4.51351,"votes":5,"content":"[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI remember growing up loved like it was only yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMum and daddy tried their best to guide me on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Dm7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut the hard times and the liqour drove easy love away [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the only love I knew about was hard love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was hard love every hour of the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen Christmas to my birthday was a million years away[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the fear that came between them drove the tears into my play[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was love in daddy's house but it was hard love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI recall the gentle courtesy you showed me as I tried [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo dissemble in politeness all the love I felt inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Dm7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut for every song of laughter there was another song that cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis ain't no easy weekend this is hard love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]           \r\nIt was hard love every step of the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was hard to be so close to you and hard to turn away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Dm7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut when all the stars in the sentimental songs dissolve away[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere'll be nothing left to sing about but hard love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I'll love you for your courage and your gentle sense of shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll love you for your laughter and your language and your name[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Dm7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew it was impossible but I loved you just the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThough the only love I gave to you was hard love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was hard love it was so hard on you I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the only love I gave to you was love I couldn't show[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou forgave the heart that loved you as your lover turned to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLeaving nothing but the memory of hard love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I'm standing in this phone booth with a dollar and a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm wondering what to say to you to ease your troubled mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]Dm7[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor the Lord's cross might redeem us but our own just waste our time[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut to tell the two apart there's always hard love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I'll tell you that I love you even though you're far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll tell you how you changed me as I lived from day to day[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd how you helped me to accept myself and I won't forget to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat love is never wasted even when it's hard love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh it's hard love but it's love all the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's not the stuff of fantasy much more than just a game[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it's the only kind of miracle that is worthy of the name[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the love that heals our lives is mostly hard love[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","C7","G","Am","F","Dm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}