Capo 3 
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The hardest thing I've ever done 
   G              D
or that I'll ever do 

Was to just walk off and leave you 
      G                   D
but I knew I had to leave you 
         G                 D
'Cause I couldn?t stay and watch you  
        A                D
Falling out of love with me 
 
The worst pain I've ever known 

or that I'll ever know 

Was to see your love dyin'  

and I had to watch it dyin' 

And I couldn't stand to watch you  

Falling out of love with me 
     G       A       D
It's hurtin' now but still it's better 
  G          A        D
I left while love was still alive 
   G   A         D
It was dying and I'd rather 
  G      A                D
I didn't have to watch it die  

 
The deepest hurt I've ever felt 
or that I'll ever feel 
Was to know that I was losin'  
but I tried and I kept losin' 
And I couldn't stay and watch you  
Falling out of love with me 
 
The loneliest I've ever been 
or that I'll ever be 
Is now that I'm without you  
and I feel so lost without you 
But I couldn't stay and watch you  
Falling out of love with me 
 
Chorus 
It was dying and I'd rather 
I didn't have to watch it die