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Its Hard Letting You Go

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[Intro]
Em    G  C  G  C  G  D  C
[Verse 1]
It Emain't no fun lying Cdown to Gsleep
And there Emain't no secrets Cleft for me to Gkeep
I wish the Emstars up in the Csky would Gall just call in Csick
And the cEmlouds would take the mCoon out
On some Done-way Ctrip
[Verse 2]
I drEmove all night down Cstreets that wouldn't Gbend
But someEmhow they drove me bCack here once aGgain
To the Emplace I lost at Clove, and the Gplace I lost my Csoul
I wiEmsh I'd just burn dCown this place that Dwe called Chome
[Pre-Chorus]
It would alCl have been so Deasy
If you'd oCnly made me cry
And told me how you're Dleaving me
To some Corgan grinder's Dlullaby
[Chorus 1]
It's Ghard, so Chard, it's tGearing out my Cheart
It's hGard Dletting you Cgo
[Verse 3]
Now the Emsky, it shines a Cdifferent kind of Gblue
And the Emneighbor's dog don't Cbark like he used tGo
Well, me, Emthese days I just Cmiss you, it's the Gnights that I go iCnsane
UEmnless you're coming bCack for me that's Done thing I know that won't Cchange
[Chorus 2]
It's Ghard, so Chard, it's Gtearing out my Cheart
It's Ghard Dletting you Cgo
[Break]
EmOoo__Oh      D  COoo__OAmh
EmOoo__Oh      D  COoo__OAmh
[Bridge]
Now some Ctarot card shark said I'll dDraw you a heart
And weG'll find you somebody else Cnew
But I've made my last trip to those Dcarnival lips
When I bet Call that I had on Dyou
[Chorus 3]
It's Ghard, so Chard, it's Ghard, so Chard
It's Ghard Dletting you Cgo
It's Ghard, so Chard, it's Gtearing out my Cheart
But it's Ghard Dletting you Cgo
[Outro]
EmOoo__Oh      D  COoo__OAmh
EmOoo__Oh      D  COoo__OAmh
End on Em

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Its Hard Letting You Go

by Bon Jovi

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Em G C G C G D C

[Verse 1]

Em C G

It ain't no fun lying down to sleep

Em C G

And there ain't no secrets left for me to keep

Em C G C

I wish the stars up in the sky would all just call in sick

Em C

And the clouds would take the moon out

D C

On some one-way trip

[Verse 2]

Em C G

I drove all night down streets that wouldn't bend

Em C G

But somehow they drove me back here once again

Em C G C

To the place I lost at love, and the place I lost my soul

Em C D C

I wish I'd just burn down this place that we called home

[Pre-Chorus]

C D

It would all have been so easy

If you'd only made me cry

And told me how you're leaving me

C D

To some organ grinder's lullaby

[Chorus 1]

G C G C

It's hard, so hard, it's tearing out my heart

G D C

It's hard letting you go

[Verse 3]

Em C G

Now the sky, it shines a different kind of blue

Em C G

And the neighbor's dog don't bark like he used to

Em C G C

Well, me, these days I just miss you, it's the nights that I go insane

Em C D C

Unless you're coming back for me that's one thing I know that won't change

[Chorus 2]

G C G C

It's hard, so hard, it's tearing out my heart

G D C

It's hard letting you go

[Break]

Em D C Am

Ooo__Oh Ooo__Oh

Em D C Am

Ooo__Oh Ooo__Oh

[Bridge]

C D

Now some tarot card shark said I'll draw you a heart

G C

And we'll find you somebody else new

But I've made my last trip to those carnival lips

C D

When I bet all that I had on you

[Chorus 3]

G C G C

It's hard, so hard, it's hard, so hard

G D C

It's hard letting you go

G C G C

It's hard, so hard, it's tearing out my heart

G D C

But it's hard letting you go

[Outro]

Em D C Am

Ooo__Oh Ooo__Oh

Em D C Am

Ooo__Oh Ooo__Oh

End on Em

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