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                Sorry seems to be the hardest word - Elton John
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Elton John
Sorry seems to be the hardest word (1976)
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
From "Blue Moves"

If you want to get a rough idea of what this tab sounds like,
check it out here: 
http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/maguri/music/all/play920233

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Capo 3rd fret
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*Turnaround in the verses/choruses
  G     F#mb5 B7sus4
e|3---3---x---0---|
B|0---0---1-0-0-4-|
G|0---0---2---2---|
D|0---0---2---x---|
A|x---x---x---2---|
E|3---3---2-------|

**Transition to chorus
  G       D/F#
e|x---x-----------|
B|0---0-------3-0-|
G|0---0---2-0-2---|
D|0---0---0-------|
A|x---x---x-------|
E|3---3---2-------|

***OUTRO
  Em7     Em6      Em5+    Em       Am(6)   B7       Em7
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|0
B|3---3---2---2---|1---1---0---0---|1-------0-------|3
G|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---2---|2-----------2---|0
D|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|2---4---1---1---|2
A|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|0-------2-------|2
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|0

****INTRO
  Em7     Em6      Em5+    Em       Am         
e|----------------|------------320-|-----------------|
B|3---3---2---2---|1---1---0---0---|1---1------------|
G|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0-------|2---2-1h2--------|
D|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2-------|2---2----2-------|
A|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|0--------0-3-2-0-|
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|-----------------|
  Bsus4   B
e|0---0-----------|
B|0---0---4---4---|
G|4-------4---4---|
D|--4---4-4-4---4-|
A|2-------2-------|
E|----------------|

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SPECIAL CHORDS / VOICINGS

INTRO/OUTRO
          e-B-G-D-A-E
Em7       x-3-0-2-2-0
Em6       x-2-0-2-2-0
Em5+      x-1-0-2-2-0
Em        x-0-0-2-2-0
Bsus4     0-0-4-4-2-x
B         x-4-4-4-2-x


VERSE / CHORUS
F#m7b5    x-1-2-2-x-2
D/F#      x-3-2-0-x-2
Bsus4     0-0-4-4-2-x
B         x-4-4-4-2-x

CHORUS
C/E      0-1-0-2-x-x
B7/Eb  (0)-0-2-1-x-x
Em/D     0-0-0-0-x-x
A/C#   (0)-2-2-2-4-x

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Capo 3rd fret

INTRO****
| Em7 Em6 | Em5+ Em | Am | Bsus4 B |

Em                 Em7            Am        
What have I got to do to make you love me
D                        (D7)    |G      F#m7b5  B7sus4 |* (see above)
What have I got to do to make you care
Em        Em7               Am        
What do I do when lightning strikes me
D                       (D7)      |G      F#m7b5  B7sus4 |* 
And I wake to find that you're not there
Em        Em7            Am        
What do I do to make you want me
D                     (D7) |G      F#m7b5  B7sus4 |*
What have I got to do to be heard
Em        Em7               Am        
What do I say when it's all over
    D                     (D7)  | G     D/F# |**
And sorry seems to be the hardest word

C/E      B7/Eb
It's sad,  so sad
Em/D              A/C#
  It's a sad, sad situation
C                Bsus4    B    | Em     F#m7b5  B7sus4 |*
And it's getting more and more absurd
C/E      B7/Eb
It's sad,  so sad
Em/D         A/C#
Why can't we talk it over
C                  
Oh it seems to me
C/B    Am             B7sus4 B7      Em
  That sorry seems to be the hardest word

SOLO
| Em Em7 | Am | D (D7) | G  F#m7b5 B7sus4 |*
| Em Em7 | Am | D (D7) | G  D/F# |(**)

C/E      B7/Eb
It's sad,  so sad
Em/D              A/C#
  It's a sad, sad situation
C                Bsus4    B    | Em     F#m7b5  B7sus4 |*
And it's getting more and more absurd
C/E      B7/Eb
It's sad,  so sad
Em/D         A/C#
Why can't we talk it over
C                  
Oh it seems to me
C/B    Am             B7sus4 B7      Em
  That sorry seems to be the hardest word

Em                       Am        
What do I do to make you love me
D                    (D7)  |G      F#m7b5  B7sus4 |* (see above)
What have I got to do to be heard
Em        Em7               Am        
What do I do when lightning strikes me
F#m7b5             B7
What have I got to do
Em                 Am
What have I got to do
     F#m7b5         B7
When sorry seems to be 
           | Em7 Em6 | Em5+ Em | Am | B7sus4 B7 | Em7***
The hardest word [OUTRO]