Chords for Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Madison Square Garden, NYC 2000)HD *Remastered
Tempo:
127.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
Gm
Cm
Eb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
Thank you.
This next song is another of my favorites and it comes from an album we did in 1976 in Toronto.
And I'd like to dedicate this to a few people.
To Jack and Gladys, and to Elizabeth and Lim and Steve [E] and Tom and [Gb] Hillary and Diana and Johnny B.
This song is called Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest [Gm] Word.
[Eb] [Gm]
[Cm] [A]
[D] [Gm]
What have I gotta do to [Cm] make you love me?
[F]
What have I gotta do to make [Bb] you care?
[A] [D] [Gm]
What do I do when lightning [Cm]
strikes me?
[F]
And are you weak to find you're not [Bb] there?
[D] [Gm]
What do I do to make [Cm] you want me?
[F]
What have I gotta do to [Bb] be heard?
[A] [D] [Gm]
What do I say when it's all [Cm]
over?
[F] And self seems to be the [Bb] hardest word.
[F] [Eb]
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm]
It's a [Em] sad type situation.
[Eb]
And it's getting [D] more and more [Gm]
absurd.
[A] [D] [Eb]
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm]
Why can't [E] we talk it over?
[Eb]
Oh it seems to me, [D] the [Cm] sorry seems to [D] be the [G] hardest word.
[Gm]
[Cm] [Gm]
[F]
[Bb] [A] [D]
[Gm]
[Cm]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Eb]
It's [D] self, self said.
[Bb]
It's a sad [E] type situation.
[Eb]
And it's [D] getting more and more [Gm]
absurd.
[A] [D] [Eb]
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm]
Why can't [Em] we talk it over?
[Eb]
Oh it seems to me, [D]
[Cm] the sorry seems to [D] be the [G] hardest [Gm] word.
What do I do to [Cm] make you love me?
[F] What have I gotta do to [Bb] be heard?
[A]
[D] [Gm] What do I do when lightning [Cm] strikes me?
[A] What have I gotta do?
[Gm] What have I gotta [Cm]
do?
[Am] When sorry seems [D] to be the hardest [Bb]
[E] [Eb]
word.
[Gm] [Cm]
Sorry seems to [D] be the hardest [Gm]
word.
[N]
This next song is another of my favorites and it comes from an album we did in 1976 in Toronto.
And I'd like to dedicate this to a few people.
To Jack and Gladys, and to Elizabeth and Lim and Steve [E] and Tom and [Gb] Hillary and Diana and Johnny B.
This song is called Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest [Gm] Word.
[Eb] [Gm]
[Cm] [A]
[D] [Gm]
What have I gotta do to [Cm] make you love me?
[F]
What have I gotta do to make [Bb] you care?
[A] [D] [Gm]
What do I do when lightning [Cm]
strikes me?
[F]
And are you weak to find you're not [Bb] there?
[D] [Gm]
What do I do to make [Cm] you want me?
[F]
What have I gotta do to [Bb] be heard?
[A] [D] [Gm]
What do I say when it's all [Cm]
over?
[F] And self seems to be the [Bb] hardest word.
[F] [Eb]
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm]
It's a [Em] sad type situation.
[Eb]
And it's getting [D] more and more [Gm]
absurd.
[A] [D] [Eb]
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm]
Why can't [E] we talk it over?
[Eb]
Oh it seems to me, [D] the [Cm] sorry seems to [D] be the [G] hardest word.
[Gm]
[Cm] [Gm]
[F]
[Bb] [A] [D]
[Gm]
[Cm]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Eb]
It's [D] self, self said.
[Bb]
It's a sad [E] type situation.
[Eb]
And it's [D] getting more and more [Gm]
absurd.
[A] [D] [Eb]
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm]
Why can't [Em] we talk it over?
[Eb]
Oh it seems to me, [D]
[Cm] the sorry seems to [D] be the [G] hardest [Gm] word.
What do I do to [Cm] make you love me?
[F] What have I gotta do to [Bb] be heard?
[A]
[D] [Gm] What do I do when lightning [Cm] strikes me?
[A] What have I gotta do?
[Gm] What have I gotta [Cm]
do?
[Am] When sorry seems [D] to be the hardest [Bb]
[E] [Eb]
word.
[Gm] [Cm]
Sorry seems to [D] be the hardest [Gm]
word.
[N]
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Gm
Cm
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_ _ Thank you. _ _
This next song is another of my favorites and it comes from an album we did in 1976 in Toronto.
And I'd like to dedicate this to a few people.
To Jack and Gladys, and to Elizabeth and Lim and _ _ Steve [E] and Tom and [Gb] Hillary and Diana and Johnny B.
This song is called Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest [Gm] Word. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ What have I gotta do to [Cm] make you love me?
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
What have I gotta do to make [Bb] you care?
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
_ What do I do when lightning [Cm]
strikes me?
_ _ _ _ [F]
And are you weak to find you're not [Bb] there?
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ What do I do to make [Cm] you want me?
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
What have I gotta do to [Bb] be heard?
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
_ What do I say when it's all [Cm] _
over?
_ _ _ _ [F] And self seems to be the [Bb] hardest word.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm] _
It's a [Em] sad type _ situation.
[Eb] _
_ And it's getting [D] more and more [Gm] _
absurd.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm]
Why can't [E] we talk it over?
_ [Eb] _
Oh it seems to me, [D] the [Cm] sorry _ seems to [D] be the [G] hardest word.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
It's [D] self, self said.
[Bb] _
It's a sad [E] type _ situation.
[Eb] _
_ And it's [D] getting more and more [Gm]
absurd.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm]
Why can't [Em] we talk it over?
[Eb] _
Oh it seems to me, _ [D]
[Cm] the sorry seems to [D] be the [G] hardest [Gm] word.
What do I do to [Cm] make you love me? _ _
_ _ [F] _ What have I gotta do to [Bb] be heard?
_ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ What do I do when lightning [Cm] strikes me? _ _ _
_ _ [A] What have I gotta do?
_ [Gm] What have I gotta [Cm]
do?
_ [Am] When sorry seems [D] to be the _ hardest _ [Bb] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
word.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm]
Sorry seems to [D] be the _ hardest _ _ _ _ _ [Gm]
word. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This next song is another of my favorites and it comes from an album we did in 1976 in Toronto.
And I'd like to dedicate this to a few people.
To Jack and Gladys, and to Elizabeth and Lim and _ _ Steve [E] and Tom and [Gb] Hillary and Diana and Johnny B.
This song is called Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest [Gm] Word. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ What have I gotta do to [Cm] make you love me?
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
What have I gotta do to make [Bb] you care?
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
_ What do I do when lightning [Cm]
strikes me?
_ _ _ _ [F]
And are you weak to find you're not [Bb] there?
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ What do I do to make [Cm] you want me?
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
What have I gotta do to [Bb] be heard?
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
_ What do I say when it's all [Cm] _
over?
_ _ _ _ [F] And self seems to be the [Bb] hardest word.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm] _
It's a [Em] sad type _ situation.
[Eb] _
_ And it's getting [D] more and more [Gm] _
absurd.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm]
Why can't [E] we talk it over?
_ [Eb] _
Oh it seems to me, [D] the [Cm] sorry _ seems to [D] be the [G] hardest word.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
It's [D] self, self said.
[Bb] _
It's a sad [E] type _ situation.
[Eb] _
_ And it's [D] getting more and more [Gm]
absurd.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _
It's [D] self, self said.
[Dm]
Why can't [Em] we talk it over?
[Eb] _
Oh it seems to me, _ [D]
[Cm] the sorry seems to [D] be the [G] hardest [Gm] word.
What do I do to [Cm] make you love me? _ _
_ _ [F] _ What have I gotta do to [Bb] be heard?
_ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ What do I do when lightning [Cm] strikes me? _ _ _
_ _ [A] What have I gotta do?
_ [Gm] What have I gotta [Cm]
do?
_ [Am] When sorry seems [D] to be the _ hardest _ [Bb] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
word.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm]
Sorry seems to [D] be the _ hardest _ _ _ _ _ [Gm]
word. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _