C (x32010@1)           C7 (x32310@1)                 G (320003@1)         AmI (x02210@1)remember growing up loved like it was only yesterday
G (320003@1)                                 F (133211@1)           CMum (x32010@1)and daddy tried their best to guide me on my way
         C (x32010@1)                            Dm7        AmBut (x02210@1)the hard times and the liqour drove easy love away 
        G (320003@1)                         CAnd (x32010@1)the only love I knew about was hard love


        C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)        AmIt (x02210@1)was hard love every hour of the day
       G (320003@1)                           F (133211@1)            CWhen (x32010@1)Christmas to my birthday was a million years away
         C (x32010@1)                                   Dm7           AmAnd (x02210@1)the fear that came between them drove the tears into my play
           G (320003@1)                              CThere (x32010@1)was love in daddy's house but it was hard love


     C (x32010@1)             C7 (x32310@1)          G (320003@1)           AmI (x02210@1)recall the gentle courtesy you showed me as I tried 
       G (320003@1)                          F (133211@1)           CTo (x32010@1)dissemble in politeness all the love I felt inside
         C (x32010@1)                              Dm7                AmBut (x02210@1)for every song of laughter there was another song that cried
      G (320003@1)                           CThis (x32010@1)ain't no easy weekend this is hard love


        C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)        Am (x02210@1)         
It was hard love every step of the way
        G (320003@1)                            F (133211@1)           CIt (x32010@1)was hard to be so close to you and hard to turn away
          C (x32010@1)                              Dm7             AmBut (x02210@1)when all the stars in the sentimental songs dissolve away
             G (320003@1)                            CThere'll (x32010@1)be nothing left to sing about but hard love


         C (x32010@1)               C7 (x32310@1)             G (320003@1)              AmSo (x02210@1)I'll love you for your courage and your gentle sense of shame
          G (320003@1)                                 F (133211@1)               CAnd (x32010@1)I'll love you for your laughter and your language and your name
       C (x32010@1)                          Dm7                AmAnd (x02210@1)I knew it was impossible but I loved you just the same
            G (320003@1)                         CThough (x32010@1)the only love I gave to you was hard love


        C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)           AmIt (x02210@1)was hard love it was so hard on you I know
         G (320003@1)                          F (133211@1)             CWhen (x32010@1)the only love I gave to you was love I couldn't show
        C (x32010@1)                                   Dm7            AmYou (x02210@1)forgave the heart that loved you as your lover turned to go
         G (320003@1)                       CLeaving (x32010@1)nothing but the memory of hard love


        C (x32010@1)              C7 (x32310@1)               G (320003@1)          AmSo (x02210@1)I'm standing in this phone booth with a dollar and a dime
         G (320003@1)                             F (133211@1)                CAnd (x32010@1)I'm wondering what to say to you to ease your troubled mind
         C (x32010@1)                                 Dm7                 AmFor (x02210@1)the Lord's cross might redeem us but our own just waste our time
        G (320003@1)                               CBut (x32010@1)to tell the two apart there's always hard love


         C (x32010@1)             C7 (x32310@1)           G (320003@1)              AmSo (x02210@1)I'll tell you that I love you even though you're far away
          G (320003@1)                               F (133211@1)              CAnd (x32010@1)I'll tell you how you changed me as I lived from day to day
             C (x32010@1)                              Dm7            AmAnd (x02210@1)how you helped me to accept myself and I won't forget to say
             G (320003@1)                          CThat (x32010@1)love is never wasted even when it's hard love


         C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)          AmOh (x02210@1)it's hard love but it's love all the same
      G (320003@1)                           F (133211@1)              CIt's (x32010@1)not the stuff of fantasy much more than just a game
             C (x32010@1)                           Dm7           AmAnd (x02210@1)it's the only kind of miracle that is worthy of the name
         G (320003@1)                                 CFor (x32010@1)the love that heals our lives is mostly hard love