Don't Try So Hard chords by Amy Grant

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

G G/F# Em C2 G G/F# Em C2

        G                G/F#        Em
Another Monday comes and I just wanna breathe
C2              G
Cause it's a long,
                 G/F#     Em          C2
long week for someone wired to please
       D              Em
I keep taking my aim, pushing it higher
D/F#              G5       G/B    Cmaj9
Wanna shine bright, even brighter now
              D(add4)
Wish I would tell myself

CHORUS:
G      G/F#   Em
Don't try so hard
G/D             C2                 D
God gives you grace and you can't earn it
       Em                    D/F#     G
Don't think that you're not worth it
      G/F#     Em
Because you are
   Gmaj7/D         Cmaj9            D
He gave you His love and He's not leaving
              Em7           D/F#
Gave you His Son so you'd believe it
        Am7                    D
You're lovely even with your scars
                  G
Don't try so hard


VERSE 2
          G                       G/F#                 Em  C2
Do you remember how the summers felt when we were kids
       G                 G/F#
Oh we didn't think much about it,
     Em       C2
we just lived
D
Taking our time,
Em7
beautiful leisure
D/F#
When did we start,
G           G/B    Cmaj9
trying to measure up

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

CHORUS
D              Cmaj7
Don't try so hard
G/D             C2                 D
God gives you grace and you can't earn it
       Em                    D/F#     G
Don't think that you're not worth it
      G/F#     Em
Because you are
   Gmaj7/D         Cmaj9            D
He gave you His love and He's not leaving
              Em7           D/F#
Gave you His Son so you'd believe it
        Am7                    D
You're lovely even with your scars
                  G
Don't try so hard

G/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/F#     Em
Because you are
Gmaj7/D            Cmaj9            D
He gave you His love and He's not leaving
             Em7             D/F#
Gave you His Son so you'd believe it
        Am7                    D(add4)
You're lovely even with your scars
  Am7               D(add4)
Lovely the way you are
   Am7                    D
So open up your lovely heart
               G
Don't try so hard
Em7    D        C2
Don't try so hard
G/C    D       G