Hard Love Chords by June Tabor

[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] I remember growing up like it [D] was only _ [A] yesterday _ _ _
[Bm] Mom and Daddy [C#m] tried so hard [D] to guide me on my [A] way
But the hard times and the liquor drove the [D] easy love [A] away
_ And [Bm] the only love [C#m] I knew about [D] was hard love _ _ _
[A] It was hard love _ _ every [D] hour [E] of [A] the day _
[Bm] And Christmas to [C#m] my birthday [D] was a million [G] years [A] away
_ [D]
[A] And the fear that came between them [D] drove the tears into [A] my plate _
[Bm] There was love in [C#m] Daddy's heart [D] but it was hard love
_ And _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
I recall the gentle girl to see who [D] showed me as [A] I tried
[Bm] To dissemble in [C#m] _ politeness [D] all the love I felt [A] inside
_ [D]
[A] For every song of laughter was [D] another song of [A] cry _
[Bm] This ain't no easy [C#m] _ weekend, [D] this is hard love
It _ [A] was hard love _ _ every [D] step of the [A] way _ _
[Bm] Hard to be [C#m] so close to you, [D] so hard to turn [A] away
_ [D]
[A] But when all the stars and sentimental _
[D] songs dissolved [A] away _ _
[Bm] There was nothing left [C#m] to sing about [D] but hard love
_ So _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] I [C#m] loved you for your [A] courage [D] and your gentle sense [A] of shame _
[Bm] And I loved you for [A] your laughter _ [D] and your laugh and [A] your name
[D] _
[A] And I knew it wasn't easy but [D] I loved you just [A] the same _
[Bm] For the only love [C#m] I gave to [D] you was hard love
_ It _
[A] was hard love, _ it [D] was hard on you [A] I know _
[Bm] For the only love [C#m] I gave you [D] was the love I [A] couldn't shake
_ [D]
[A] You forgave the heart that loved you [D] as your lover turned [A] to gold _
[Bm] You were nothing [A] but the _ memory [C#m] [G] of [D] hard love _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] So I'm standing in this phone booth [D] with a dollar and a [A] dime _
_ _ [D] Wondering what to [A] say to him, [D] he's a troubled [E] _ mind
[D] [A] For the Lord's cross might redeem us [D] but our own just waste our [A] time
And [Bm] to tell the two of [A] our hearts is all [D] it's hard love _ _ _
So [A] I'll tell you that I love you [D] even though you're far [A] away _
_ [Bm] And I'll tell you how you [A] changed me [D] as I live from day [A] to day
[D] How [A] you helped me to accept myself and [D] I won't forget to [A] say
_ [Bm] Love is never wasted [A] _
even [D] when it's hard _ love _
_ [A] Yes it's hard love [C#m] _
but [D] it's love just [A] the same
_ [Bm] Not the [A] stuff of fantasy _ [D] but more than just [A] a game
_ The only kind of [C#m]
miracle that's [D] worthy of the [A]
name
For [Bm] the love that heals [A] our lives is [D] mostly hard love
_ _ _ Yes [Bm] the love that heals [A] our _ _ lives is [D] mostly hard love _
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