Martin Simpson - Hard love

I rem^Cember growing ^C7up loved like it was ^Gonly yesterd^Amay ^GMum and daddy tried their best to gu^Fide me on my w^Cay But the h^Card times and the liqour drove ^Dm7easy love a^Amway And the ^Gonly love I knew about was h^Card love

It was h^Card love every h^Gour of the ^Amday When Ch^Gristmas to my birthday was a m^Fillion years aw^Cay And the f^Cear that came between them drove the t^Dm7ears into my p^Amlay There was l^Gove in daddy's house but it was h^Card love

I rec^Call the gentle c^C7ourtesy you sh^Gowed me as I t^Amried To diss^Gemble in politeness all the l^Fove I felt ins^Cide But for e^Cvery song of laughter there was a^Dm7nother song that cr^Amied This a^Gin't no easy weekend this is h^Card love

It was h^Card love every s^Gtep of the ^Amway It was h^Gard to be so close to you and h^Fard to turn aw^Cay But when a^Cll the stars in the sentimental s^Dm7ongs dissolve aw^Amay There'll be n^Gothing left to sing about but h^Card love

So I'll l^Cove you for your c^C7ourage and your g^Gentle sense of sh^Amame And I'll l^Gove you for your laughter and your l^Fanguage and your n^Came And I k^Cnew it was impossible but I l^Dm7oved you just the s^Amame Though the o^Gnly love I gave to you was h^Card love

It was h^Card love it was so h^Gard on you I k^Amnow When the ^Gonly love I gave to you was l^Fove I couldn't s^Chow You forg^Cave the heart that loved you as your l^Dm7over turned to ^Amgo Leaving n^Gothing but the memory of h^Card love

So I'm s^Ctanding in this p^C7hone booth with a d^Gollar and a d^Amime And I'm w^Gondering what to say to you to e^Fase your troubled m^Cind For the L^Cord's cross might redeem us but our ^Dm7own just waste our t^Amime But to t^Gell the two apart there's always h^Card love

So I'll t^Cell you that I l^C7ove you even th^Gough you're far a^Amway And I'll t^Gell you how you changed me as I li^Fved from day to d^Cay And how you h^Celped me to accept myself and I w^Dm7on't forget to ^Amsay That love is ^Gnever wasted even when it's h^Card love

Oh it's h^Card love but it's l^Gove all the s^Amame It's n^Got the stuff of fantasy much m^Fore than just a g^Came And it's the ^Conly kind of miracle that is w^Dm7orthy of the n^Amame For the l^Gove that heals our lives is mostly h^Card love