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The Courage To Love

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Written by Garth Brooks
[Intro]
B
[Verse]
BYou're gonna get a million answers, to what's the Emeasure of a man
From the Bsoftness of his heart, to the F#hardness of his hand
It’s alwaG#mys been the same old qEuestion ever Bsince this world begaEn
But a G#mman can't learn a lesson Ethat he dF#on't understandB  
[Verse]
BAny fool can pull the trigger, anyEone can start a fight
BBut to love is so much bigger, it’s so F#beyond what’s black or white
And if we're G#mgonna give our Echildren a Bfuture that is bEright
G#mThen the truth must be the Eanswer, and F#love must be the lBightB  F#  G#m  
[Chorus]
G#mThe hardest thing you'll Eever do is Btell someone you're sorBryF#  G#m  
G#mYou'll never be the Ebravest man if you Bcan't admit your scareF#d
In G#mwhat you do, in F#what you say
The sEtrength it's gonna Btake to stay
C#mComes from somewhere Bhigh above
F#That's the courage to Blove
[Bridge]
D#mIf you're gonna give Eyourself to Bsomebody elseF#  
D#mThen you gotta lEove someone Bmore than yourseeeeF#lf
[Chorus]
G#mThe hardest thing you'll Eever do is Btell someone you're sorry
G#mYou'll never be the Ebravest man if you Bcan't admit your scaredF#  
G#mIn what you do, in wF#hat you say
EAll the praying to wBalk away
C#mComes from somewhere hBigh aEboveF#  
It's the powerB, it's the coB/D#urageE  
Oh itB's beaF#utiful!
It's the courage to lBove

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The Courage To Love

by Michael Ketterer

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

C#m

D#m

B/D#

Written by Garth Brooks

[Intro]

[Verse]

B E

You're gonna get a million answers, to what's the measure of a man

B F#

From the softness of his heart, to the hardness of his hand

G#m E B E

It’s always been the same old question ever since this world began

G#m E F# B

But a man can't learn a lesson that he don't understand

[Verse]

B E

Any fool can pull the trigger, anyone can start a fight

B F#

But to love is so much bigger, it’s so beyond what’s black or white

G#m E B E

And if we're gonna give our children a future that is bright

G#m E F# B B F# G#m

Then the truth must be the answer, and love must be the light

[Chorus]

G#m E B B F# G#m

The hardest thing you'll ever do is tell someone you're sorry

G#m E B F#

You'll never be the bravest man if you can't admit your scared

G#m F#

In what you do, in what you say

E B

The strength it's gonna take to stay

C#m B

Comes from somewhere high above

F# B

That's the courage to love

[Bridge]

D#m E B F#

If you're gonna give yourself to somebody else

D#m E B F#

Then you gotta love someone more than yourseeeelf

[Chorus]

G#m E B

The hardest thing you'll ever do is tell someone you're sorry

G#m E B F#

You'll never be the bravest man if you can't admit your scared

G#m F#

In what you do, in what you say

E B

All the praying to walk away

C#m B E F#

Comes from somewhere high above

B B/D# E

It's the power, it's the courage

B F#

Oh it's beautiful!

It's the courage to love

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