Don't Try So Hard chords by Amy Grant

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

G+G G/F# E minorEm C2 G+G G/F# E minorEm C2

    G+G        G/F#    E minorEm
Another Monday comes and I just wanna breathe
C2       G+G
Cause it's a long,
         G/F#   E minorEm     C2
long week for someone wired to please
    D MajorD       E minorEm
I keep taking my aim, pushing it higher
D/F#D/F#       G5G5    G/BG/B  CMaj9Cmaj9
Wanna shine bright, even brighter now
       D(add4)
Wish I would tell myself

CHORUS:
G+G   G/F#  E minorEm
Don't try so hard
G/DG/D       C2         D MajorD
God gives you grace and you can't earn it
    E minorEm          D/F#D/F#   G+G
Don't think that you're not worth it
   G/F#   E minorEm
Because you are
  Gmaj7/D     CMaj9Cmaj9      D MajorD
He gave you His love and He's not leaving
       E minor 7Em7      D/F#D/F#
Gave you His Son so you'd believe it
    Am7Am7          D MajorD
You're lovely even with your scars
         G+G
Don't try so hard


VERSE 2
     G+G            G/F#         E minorEm C2
Do you remember how the summers felt when we were kids
    G+G         G/F#
Oh we didn't think much about it,
   E minorEm    C2
we just lived
D MajorD
Taking our time,
E minor 7Em7
beautiful leisure
D/F#D/F#
When did we start,
G+G      G/BG/B  CMaj9Cmaj9
trying to measure up

And all this time,
        D(add4)
love has been trying to tell us

CHORUS
D MajorD       Cmaj7Cmaj7
Don't try so hard
G/DG/D       C2         D MajorD
God gives you grace and you can't earn it
    E minorEm          D/F#D/F#   G+G
Don't think that you're not worth it
   G/F#   E minorEm
Because you are
  Gmaj7/D     CMaj9Cmaj9      D MajorD
He gave you His love and He's not leaving
       E minor 7Em7      D/F#D/F#
Gave you His Son so you'd believe it
    Am7Am7          D MajorD
You're lovely even with your scars
         G+G
Don't try so hard

G/DG/D        C2
God gives you grace
      D(add4)
You can't earn it
   C2         D(add4)
Stop thinking you're not worth it
G+G   G/F#   E minorEm
Because you are
Gmaj7/D      CMaj9Cmaj9      D MajorD
He gave you His love and He's not leaving
       E minor 7Em7       D/F#D/F#
Gave you His Son so you'd believe it
    Am7Am7          D(add4)
You're lovely even with your scars
 Am7Am7        D(add4)
Lovely the way you are
  Am7Am7          D MajorD
So open up your lovely heart
        G+G
Don't try so hard
E minor 7Em7  D MajorD    C2
Don't try so hard
G/C  D MajorD    G+G