Break It To Me Gently:Juice Newton.
#1 Billboard and #11 Hot 100 in 1982.

#1.
E5              A5     A5         E5    Ab5      C#5
Break it to me gently....let me down the easy way..
        F#5                               F#5
Make me feel, you still love me, if it's just, just for one
     B5   B5
more day.
E5              A5     A5        E5      Ab5
Break it to me gently....so my tears, my tears won't fall
    C#5    C#5
too fast.
            F#5                         B5
If you must go, then go slowly, let me love you 'til the
E5
last.

CHORUS:
A5                   Ab5          F#5                E5
The love we shared, oh, so long, it's a big part of me.
   A5              Ab5       F#5    F#5              B5
If you must take, your love away..take it gradual..ly.

#2.
     E5              A5     A5          E5         
And..break it to me gently....give me time, oh, give me a
       Ab5              C#5    C#5
little time to ease the pain.
F#5                                          B5            E5
If you must go, then go slowly, 'cause I'll never, love again.

(INTERLUDE:)

#3.
A5                Ab5        F#5   F#5              B5    B5
If you must take your love away, take it gradual..ly...and
F5              Bb5    Bb5           F5                   
Break it to me gently......give me time, oh, give me a little
A5               D5   D5
time to ease the pain.
G5                                         C5
Love me just a little longer, 'cause I'll never, ever love
 F5
again.

OUTRO:
F5        Bb5             C5            F5   Bb5  F5 
No, I'll never... never ever...love again.


An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.