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It’s hard to I can take the (C)rain of on the roof of this (Bb)emp ty house,
that don’t (C)both er me.
It’s I can take a few (C)tears now and then and just (Bb)let ’em out.
a lone.
I’m (C)not a (Bb)fraid to cry, ev ’ry once in a while (C)e ven though (Dm)go in’ on with you gone still up (C)sets me.
(Bb)There are days ev ’ry now and a gain I pre tend I’m O.
K., but that’s had (C)not what gets me.
What hurts the (C)most
was be in’ so close
and hav in’ so much to say
and watch in’ you walk a way.
And nev er know (C)in’
what could have been
and not see in’ that lov in’ you
is what I was try’n’ to (Dm)do.
It’s hard to deal can with the (C)pain of los in’ you ev ’ry (Bb)where I go,
but I’m (C)do in’ it.
It’s hard to force a that (C)smile when I see our old (Bb)friends and I’m a lone.
Still (C)hard er (Bb)get tin’ up, get tin’ dressed, liv in’ with (C)this re gret, (Dm)but I know if I could do it (C)o ver, (Bb)I would trade, give a way all the words that I saved in my heart, that I had (C)nev er spo ken.
What hurts the (C)most
was be in’ so close
and hav in’ so much to say
and watch in’ you walk a way.
And nev er know (C)in’
what could have been
and not see in’ that lov in’ you
is what I was try’n’ to (Dm)do.
(C)I was try’n’ to (Bb)do,
oh.
(C)I was try’n’ to (Bb)do.
(Not see in’ that lov in’ you,)
that’s what (C7)I was try’n’ to (Dm)do.
This page shows “What Hurts The Most” by Rascal Flatts in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 132 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.