It’s hard to I can take the (Eb)rain of on the roof of this (Db)emp ty house,

that don’t (Eb)both er me.

It’s I can take a few (Eb)tears now and then and just (Db)let ’em out.

a lone.

I’m (Eb)not a (Db)fraid to cry, ev ’ry once in a while (Eb)e ven though (Fm)go in’ on with you gone still up (Eb)sets me.

(Db)There are days ev ’ry now and a gain I pre tend I’m O K, but that’s had (Eb)not what gets me.

What hurts the (Eb)most

was be in’ so close

and hav in’ so much to say

and watch in’ you walk a way.

And nev er know (Eb)in’

what could have been

and not see in’ that lov in’ you

is what I was try’n’

to do.

It’s hard to deal can with the (Eb)rain of los in’ you ev ’ry (Db)where I go,

but I’m (Eb)do in’ it.

It’s hard to force a that (Eb)smile when I see our old (Db)let ’em out.

a lone.

Still (Eb)hard er (Db)get tin’ up, get tin’ dressed, liv in’ with (Eb)this re gret, (Fm)but I know if I could do it (Eb)o ver, (Db)I would trade, give a way all the words that I saved in my heart, that I had (Eb)nev er spo ken.

What hurts the (Eb)most

was be in’ so close

and hav in’ so much to say

and watch in’ you walk a way.

And nev er know (Eb)in’

what could have been

and not see in’ that lov in’ you

is what I was try’n’

to do.

I was try’n’

to do,

oh.

I was (Ab)try’n’

to do.

(Not see in’ that lov in’ you,)

that’s what (Eb7)I was try’n’

to do.