It Ain't Easy chords by Tom Paxton

IT AIN?T EASY?"TOM PAXTON


CHORUS:
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN?T EASY, NO IT AIN?T EASY,
     A7                           G              D
THE LIVIN? AND THE LOVIN? ARE NOT EASY THINGS TO DO
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN?T EASY, NO IT AIN?T EASY,
       A7                           D
THAT?S WHY I WANT TO BE A FRIEND TO YOU.

VERSE 1.

D                 D7       G              Em
When I awoke this mornin?, you were on my mind
A7                             G                    D
Sometimes we have moments when good news is hard to find
D               D7          G             Em
No one knows exactly what another?s goin? through
    A7                                G         A7    D
But singin? you these simple words is something I can do

CHORUS:
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN?T EASY, NO IT AIN?T EASY,
     A7                          G              D
THE LIVIN? AND THE LOVIN? ARE NOT EASY THINGS TO DO
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN?T EASY, NO IT AIN?T EASY,
       A7                           D
THAT?S WHY I WANT TO BE A FRIEND TO YOU.

VERSE 2.

D                     D7                G
I know that you lost something that you loved with all your
Em
Heart
  A7                               G            D
I know how the grieving feels like tearing you apart
D              D7                  G
Just remember something that might ease you through the
Em
Pain
A7                                 G          A7      D
There are those who?ll carry you until you?re whole again

CHORUS:
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN?T EASY, NO IT AIN?T EASY,
     A7                          G              D
THE LIVIN? AND THE LOVIN? ARE NOT EASY THINGS TO DO
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN?T EASY, NO IT AIN?T EASY,
       A7                           D
THAT?S WHY I WANT TO BE A FRIEND TO YOU.

VERSE 3.

D             D7            G                Em
Only you can understand the load you have to bear
A7                           G             D
All a friend can offer is to try to take a share
D                  D7              G                Em
Friends are all we have and I just want to help you see
  A7                              G          A7       D
However hard it gets for you, you have that friend in me

CHORUS:
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN?T EASY, NO IT AIN?T EASY,
     A7                          G              D
THE LIVIN?AND THE LOVIN? ARE NOT EASY THINGS TO DO
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN?T EASY, NO IT AIN?T EASY,
       A7                           D
THAT?S WHY I WANT TO BE A FRIEND TO YOU.

Repeat last line and end.