G           Em                 Bm             G            Em                          Bm
Everyone's talkin' so loud but nobody knows, 'til you've stared down the barel of this gun alone
C                  D            Em                        D
So I thought about bailin' out, but I know that when the deal goes down


[Chorus]
               G        C                G      C            G            Bm       Em   D
That it's hard to love, but it's easy to hold.  You right by me, you're all that I need
C                       D             C       G        C          G    D
More than diamonds and gold, and it's hard to love. It's hard to love.



[Verse]
G              Em                     Bm                    G            Em              Bm
This is the real world and things are just what they seem.  Kisses don't fade like those Hollywood
        C                        D             Em                  D
Dreams. It gets worse before it turns around, so I gotta let you know right now..


[Chorus]
               G        C                G      C            G            Bm       Em   D
That it's hard to love, but it's easy to hold.  You right by me, you're all that I need
C                       D             C       G             C               G            Bm
More than diamonds and gold, and it's hard to love. In this damn world of lies there's one truth
       Em                     C                    D                             C       G
that's enough; I know you'll stand beside me when the goin' gets rough and it's hard to love. It's
C         G   D
hard to love.


{{Guitar lead over verse chords  G Em Bm G Em Bm }}

Em                       D             Em                      D
It gets worse before it turns around, So I gotta let you know right now, I gotta let you know right now-

[Chorus]
               G        C                G      C            G            Bm       Em   D
That it's hard to love, but it's easy to hold.  You right by me, you're all that I need
C                       D             C       G             C               G            Bm
More than diamonds and gold, and it's hard to love. In this damn world of lies there's one truth
       Em                     C                    D                             C       G
that's enough; I know you'll stand beside me when the goin' gets rough and it's hard to love. It's
C         G     C            G     C           G
hard to  love. It's hard to love. It's hard to love.