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

#1.
E              A     Am         E    Abm      C#
Break it to me gently....let me down the easy way..
        F#                               F#m
Make me feel, you still love me, if it's just, just for one
     B   B7
more day.
E              A     Am        E      Abm
Break it to me gently....so my tears, my tears won't fall
    C#    C#7
too fast.
            F#                         B
If you must go, then go slowly, let me love you 'til the
E
last.

CHORUS:
A                   Abm          F#m                E
The love we shared, oh, so long, it's a big part of me.
   A              Abm       F#    F#7              B
If you must take, your love away..take it gradual..ly.

#2.
     E              A     Am          E         
And..break it to me gently....give me time, oh, give me a
       Abm              C#    C#7
little time to ease the pain.
F#                                          B            E
If you must go, then go slowly, 'cause I'll never, love again.

(INTERLUDE:)

#3.
A                Abm        F#   F#7              B    B7
If you must take your love away, take it gradual..ly...and
F              Bb    Bbm           F                   
Break it to me gently......give me time, oh, give me a little
Am               D   D7
time to ease the pain.
G                                         C
Love me just a little longer, 'cause I'll never, ever love
 F
again.

OUTRO:
F        Bb             C            F   Bb  F 
No, I'll never... never ever...love again.


An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.