• A
  • Am
  • C
  • Cm
  • Dm
  • E
  • E7
  • Eb
    3
  • Em
  • F
  • F#m
  • F7
  • G
  • Gm
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Key:
Intro (0:00)
E|------------------| B|------------------| G|------1----3--5---| D|---3--1----3--5---| x6 A|---3--------------| E|------------------|
Riff (0:25)
E|----------------------------|-- B|--4--4--3--1-4--4--4--3--1--|-- G|----------------------------|-- D|----------------------------|-- A|----------------------------|-- E|----------------------------|-- E|---------------| B|---------------| G|5-----7--------| D|5--5--7--3-5---| x2 A|3--5--5--3-5---| E|---3-----1-3---|
Verse (0:49)
E7 Am I double-cross you
Dm G and you get mysterious mail
E Am I've tried hard not to shock you
Dm G It's hard not to with the things I could say Chorus (1:04)
C G Tell me why don't we try
Dm F not to break our hearts and make
G it so hard for ourselves?
Cm Eb F Cm Eb F
C G Why don't we try
Dm F not to break our hearts and make
G it so hard for ourselves? Break (1:24)
E|-----------------------------| B|--4--4--3--1-4--4--4--3--1---| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------|
Verse (1:29)
E7 Am Dm You lock your letters in a box
G and you've hidden the key
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E Am Dm I go one better - I'm indebted
G to a contact magazine Chorus (1:44)
C G Tell me why don't we try
Dm F not to break our hearts and make
G it so hard for ourselves?
Cm Eb F Cm Eb F
C G Why don't we try
Dm F not to break our hearts and make
G it so hard for ourselves? Bridge (2:05)
F#m Gm Everybody's got to live together
Em A just to find a little peace of mind there
F7 G If you give up your affairs forever
Dm G I will give up mine
G Cm But it's hard
Cm Eb F Cm Eb F Cm so hard
Eb F Cm Eb F Break (2:25)
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Verse (2:29)
E7 Am Dm I'm always hoping you'll be faithful
G but you're not I suppose
E Am We've both given up smoking
Dm 'cause it's fatal
G so whose matches are those? Chorus (2:44)
C G Tell me why don't we try
Dm F not to break our hearts and make
G it so hard for ourselves? Intro chords (2:53)
E|------------------| B|------------------| G|------1----3--5---| D|---3--1----3--5---| x4 A|---3--------------| E|------------------|
We make it so hard (It's so hard) Chorus (3:08)
C G Tell me why don't we try
Dm F not to break our hearts and make
G it so hard for ourselves?
C G Tell me why don't we try
Dm F not to break our hearts and make
G it so hard for ourselves?
C G Dm not to break our hearts
F G and make it so hard for ourselves?
C G Dm F oh oh oh oh We make it so hard
G for ourselves... Break (3:41)
E|-----------------------------| B|--4--4--3--1-4--4--4--3--1---| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------| E| B| G|x3 D| A| E|
We make it so hard so hard We make it so hard Outro (3:53)
Cm Cm Cm Cm
Song details

Composition: Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant

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