Hard Love Chords.wmv by Claudia Schmidt

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I remember growing [G] up like it was [Eb] only yesterday
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[Cm] Mom and Daddy [Dm] tried their [Bb] best to guide me on my way
But the hard times and the liquor [Eb] drove the easy love [Bb] away
[Cm] And the only [Dm] love I knew about [Gm] was hard love
[Eb] [Bb] It was hard love every [Eb] hour of the day
[C] When Christmas to [Dm] my birthday was [Bb] a million years away
And the fear that came between them [Eb] drove the tears into my play
There [C] was love in Daddy's [Dm] house, but it was [Eb] hard love
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[Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ I recall the gentle courtesy [Eb] you showed me as I tried
To [Cm] dissemble [D] in politeness all [Eb] the love I [Bb] felt inside
And for every song of laughter [Eb] was another song that cried
[C] This ain't no [Dm] easy weekend, this [Eb] is hard [Bb] love
It was hard love every [Eb] step [Bb] of the way
_ [C] Hard to be so close to you, [Bb] so hard to turn away
And when all the stars and sentimental [Eb] songs dissolved today
[Cm] There was nothing left [Dm] to sing about but [Eb] hard [Bb] love
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[Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ So I love you for your courage and [Eb] your gentle sense of shame
[C] And I love you for [Dm] your laughter and [Eb] your language and [Bb] your name
And I knew it was impossible, but [Eb] I love you just the same
[C] Though the only love I gave to you [Bb] was hard love
_ It was hard love, it was hard on you I know
[C] When the only love [Dm] I gave to you [Eb] was a love [Bb] I couldn't show
You forgave the heart that loved you as [Eb] your lover turned to gold
[C] Leaving nothing but [Dm] the memory [Eb] of hard love
_ [C] Mmm, [Dm] mmm, [Eb] mmm, [Bb] mmm
Now I'm standing in this phone booth [Eb] with a dollar and a dime
[C] Wondering what [Dm] to say to you [Eb] to ease your [Bb] troubled mind
For the Lord's cross might redeem us, but [Eb] our own just waste our time
[C] And to tell the [Dm] two apart is [Eb] always hard love
[Bb] So I'll tell you that I love you [Eb] even though I'm far away
[C] I'll tell you [Dm] how you changed me [Eb] as I live from [Bb] day to day
How you helped me to accept myself [Eb] and I won't forget to say
[D] Love is never [Dm] wasted even [Bb] when it's hard love
But it's hard love, [Eb] but it's love all the same
[C] Not the [Dm] stuff of fantasy, [Eb] but more than [Bb] just a game
And the only kind of miracle [Eb] that's worthy [Bb] of the name
[C] For the love that heals [Dm] our lives is mostly [Eb] hard _ love
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Mmm, [Dm] mmm, mmm, mmm
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