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
