Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
Cm7Cm7 | |
Verse 1:
Cm7Cm7 F9F9 Bb majorBb
Only a man who's broken can appreciate the awful pain I feel
F/AF/A G minorGm G7G7 Cm7Cm7
Only a man who's world is always real can ever know
Cm7Cm7 F9F9 Bb majorBb
And who could understand the all consuming pain
F/AF/A G minorGm G7G7 C6C6
Only a man who's weeping in the rain knows where to go
Chorus:
F9F9
And it's not easy
Bb majorBb F/AF/A G minorGm
When you realize that you are on your own
G7G7 C6C6
Ah, ah
F9F9
No, no it's not easy
Bb majorBb F/AF/A G minorGm G7G7 | Cm7Cm7 | |
When you face the thought of living all alone
Verse 2:
Cm7Cm7 F9F9 Bb majorBb
Only a man who wanders through the emptiness of every passing day
F/AF/A G minorGm G7G7 Cm7Cm7
This is the man whose eyes know what to see and what to say
F9F9 Bb majorBb
And who could ever know the feeling in my heart
F/AF/A G minorGm G7G7 C6C6
Only a man whose hopes and dreams are broken all apart
Chorus:
F9F9
And it's not easy
Bb majorBb F/AF/A G minorGm
When you reach out in the dark to touch her face
G7G7 C6C6
Ah, Ah
F9F9
No, no it's not easy
Bb majorBb F/AF/A G minorGm G7G7 | Cm7Cm7
When instead you touch a pillow in her place
Interlude: (with vocal ad lib)
Cm7Cm7 | F9F9 | Bb majorBb F/AF/A | G minorGm G7G7 |
Cm7Cm7 | F9F9 | Bb majorBb F/AF/A | G minorGm G7G7 | C6C6
Chorus:
F9F9
And it's not easy
Bb majorBb F/AF/A G minorGm
When you think about the way she combs her hair
G7G7 C6C6
Ah, Ah
F9F9
No no, it's not easy
Bb majorBb F/AF/A G minorGm G7G7 | Cm7Cm7 | |
When the memory of her is everywhere
Verse 3:
Cm7Cm7 F9F9 Bb majorBb
Only a man who lies awake and wonders will he never smile again
F/AF/A G minorGm G7G7 Cm7Cm7
This is the only man whose lonely nights can never end
F9F9 Bb majorBb
And if you want to know the kind of man he'll be
F/AF/A G minorGm G7G7 C6C6
Oh, listen my friend I'll tell you all you have to know is me
Chorus:
F9F9 C6C6
And it's not easy, no no
F9F9 C6C6
It's not easy
F9F9 C6C6
Oh, it's not easy, oh
F9F9 C6C6
Oh, oh, ah