Chords for James Ingram - There's No Easy Way (Original Version)
Tempo:
64.125 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Bb
Gm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb] [Dbm] [Ab] [Eb] [Eb]
[Ab] [B]
[Eb] [F] I held her close [Eb] to me, cause I [Bb] know she'd [Gm] break so [Cm] easily.
[Ab] And [Eb] then I told her, [Fm] but I [Eb] knew no matter how I [Fm] tried to [Eb] console her, [Fm] she'd just do
the best [Eb] she could.
[Ab] But [Bb] there are [Gm] times the [Cm] best is no [Db] damn good, [Eb] and no [Bb] matter [Eb] how you try [F] to be kind, [Eb] there's
always [Ab] still a [G] part of you [Bb] you [Cm] leave behind.
[Eb] When it falls [Dm] apart, [Ab] there's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to break [Eb] somebody's heart.
[Ab]
[Eb] [F] [Eb] I lied [F] and told her [G] she'd be [Eb] fine, [Ab] though we [Bb] both knew [Gm] it was [Cm] just a [Ab] lie.
I [Bb] had to [Eb] do it, [Ab] cause I'd have [Eb] said anything to help me get through it.
Then she reached out for my hand, [Ab] and her [Bb] simple [Gm] touch was [Cm] more than [Db] I could stand.
[Eb] And I [Fm] had to [Eb] turn away, cause I knew all the hurt that she [Ab] was [G] feeling [Gm] I was [Cm] feeling too.
[Eb]
Cause when it falls [Dm] apart, [Ab] there's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to break [Eb] somebody's heart.
[B] She [Abm] could have gotten angry [E] and made me [Ebm] feel like a [Dbm] guilty child, but I [B] realized that never
was her style.
[D] I [A] wanted her to [D] hurt me [G] and not [Gbm] treat me [Em] like a friend.
I wanted her to [D] say that maybe someday [G] I could crawl in on my [Db] knees to [Gb] ask her [B] back.
I didn't mean to [Ab] hurt her, but she acted [Eb] like a lady to [Cm] the end.
[Ab] Oh, what [Bb] a lady, [Eb] I thought that she'd break down.
[Ab] But she [Bb] smiled at [Gm] me and [Cm] never [Db] made a [Bbm] sound.
[Eb] And I [Bb] guess she [Eb] understood [Fm] in her way, [Eb] cause her silence [Ab] told me [G] everything [Cm] she could not say.
[Eb] When it falls [G] apart, [Eb] [Fm] well there's [Gm] just no [Ab] easy way.
[B] There's [Bbm] just no [Abm] easy way.
[Fm] There's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to [Cm] break
[Eb] somebody's heart.
[Ab] [Eb] [F] [C]
[Ab] [B]
[Eb] [F] I held her close [Eb] to me, cause I [Bb] know she'd [Gm] break so [Cm] easily.
[Ab] And [Eb] then I told her, [Fm] but I [Eb] knew no matter how I [Fm] tried to [Eb] console her, [Fm] she'd just do
the best [Eb] she could.
[Ab] But [Bb] there are [Gm] times the [Cm] best is no [Db] damn good, [Eb] and no [Bb] matter [Eb] how you try [F] to be kind, [Eb] there's
always [Ab] still a [G] part of you [Bb] you [Cm] leave behind.
[Eb] When it falls [Dm] apart, [Ab] there's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to break [Eb] somebody's heart.
[Ab]
[Eb] [F] [Eb] I lied [F] and told her [G] she'd be [Eb] fine, [Ab] though we [Bb] both knew [Gm] it was [Cm] just a [Ab] lie.
I [Bb] had to [Eb] do it, [Ab] cause I'd have [Eb] said anything to help me get through it.
Then she reached out for my hand, [Ab] and her [Bb] simple [Gm] touch was [Cm] more than [Db] I could stand.
[Eb] And I [Fm] had to [Eb] turn away, cause I knew all the hurt that she [Ab] was [G] feeling [Gm] I was [Cm] feeling too.
[Eb]
Cause when it falls [Dm] apart, [Ab] there's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to break [Eb] somebody's heart.
[B] She [Abm] could have gotten angry [E] and made me [Ebm] feel like a [Dbm] guilty child, but I [B] realized that never
was her style.
[D] I [A] wanted her to [D] hurt me [G] and not [Gbm] treat me [Em] like a friend.
I wanted her to [D] say that maybe someday [G] I could crawl in on my [Db] knees to [Gb] ask her [B] back.
I didn't mean to [Ab] hurt her, but she acted [Eb] like a lady to [Cm] the end.
[Ab] Oh, what [Bb] a lady, [Eb] I thought that she'd break down.
[Ab] But she [Bb] smiled at [Gm] me and [Cm] never [Db] made a [Bbm] sound.
[Eb] And I [Bb] guess she [Eb] understood [Fm] in her way, [Eb] cause her silence [Ab] told me [G] everything [Cm] she could not say.
[Eb] When it falls [G] apart, [Eb] [Fm] well there's [Gm] just no [Ab] easy way.
[B] There's [Bbm] just no [Abm] easy way.
[Fm] There's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to [Cm] break
[Eb] somebody's heart.
[Ab] [Eb] [F] [C]
Key:
Eb
Ab
Bb
Gm
Cm
Eb
Ab
Bb
[Eb] _ _ [Dbm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Eb] _ [F] I held her close [Eb] to me, cause I [Bb] know she'd [Gm] break so [Cm] easily.
[Ab] And [Eb] then I told her, [Fm] but I [Eb] knew no matter how I [Fm] tried to [Eb] console her, [Fm] she'd just do
the best [Eb] she could.
[Ab] But [Bb] there are [Gm] times the [Cm] best is no [Db] damn good, [Eb] and no [Bb] matter [Eb] how you try [F] to be kind, [Eb] there's
always [Ab] still a [G] part of you [Bb] you [Cm] leave behind.
[Eb] When it falls [Dm] apart, [Ab] there's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to break [Eb] somebody's heart.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [F] [Eb] I lied [F] and told her [G] she'd be [Eb] fine, [Ab] though we [Bb] both knew [Gm] it was [Cm] just a [Ab] lie.
I [Bb] had to [Eb] do it, [Ab] cause I'd have [Eb] said anything to help me get through it.
Then she reached out for my hand, [Ab] and her [Bb] simple [Gm] touch was [Cm] more than [Db] I could stand.
[Eb] And I [Fm] had to [Eb] turn away, cause I knew all the hurt that she [Ab] was [G] feeling [Gm] I was [Cm] feeling too.
_ [Eb]
Cause when it falls [Dm] apart, [Ab] there's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to break [Eb] somebody's heart.
_ _ [B] She [Abm] could have gotten angry [E] and made me [Ebm] feel like a [Dbm] guilty child, but I [B] realized that never
was her style.
_ _ [D] I [A] wanted her to [D] hurt me [G] and not [Gbm] treat me [Em] like a friend.
I wanted her to [D] say that maybe someday [G] I could crawl in on my [Db] knees to [Gb] ask her [B] back.
I didn't mean to [Ab] hurt her, but she acted [Eb] like a lady to [Cm] the end. _
[Ab] _ Oh, what [Bb] a lady, [Eb] _ I thought that she'd break down.
[Ab] But she [Bb] smiled at [Gm] me and [Cm] never [Db] made a [Bbm] sound.
[Eb] And I [Bb] guess she [Eb] understood [Fm] in her way, [Eb] cause her silence [Ab] told me [G] everything [Cm] she could not say.
[Eb] When it falls [G] apart, [Eb] [Fm] well there's [Gm] just no [Ab] easy way.
[B] There's [Bbm] just no [Abm] easy way.
[Fm] There's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to [Cm] break _ _
[Eb] somebody's heart.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Eb] _ [F] I held her close [Eb] to me, cause I [Bb] know she'd [Gm] break so [Cm] easily.
[Ab] And [Eb] then I told her, [Fm] but I [Eb] knew no matter how I [Fm] tried to [Eb] console her, [Fm] she'd just do
the best [Eb] she could.
[Ab] But [Bb] there are [Gm] times the [Cm] best is no [Db] damn good, [Eb] and no [Bb] matter [Eb] how you try [F] to be kind, [Eb] there's
always [Ab] still a [G] part of you [Bb] you [Cm] leave behind.
[Eb] When it falls [Dm] apart, [Ab] there's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to break [Eb] somebody's heart.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [F] [Eb] I lied [F] and told her [G] she'd be [Eb] fine, [Ab] though we [Bb] both knew [Gm] it was [Cm] just a [Ab] lie.
I [Bb] had to [Eb] do it, [Ab] cause I'd have [Eb] said anything to help me get through it.
Then she reached out for my hand, [Ab] and her [Bb] simple [Gm] touch was [Cm] more than [Db] I could stand.
[Eb] And I [Fm] had to [Eb] turn away, cause I knew all the hurt that she [Ab] was [G] feeling [Gm] I was [Cm] feeling too.
_ [Eb]
Cause when it falls [Dm] apart, [Ab] there's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to break [Eb] somebody's heart.
_ _ [B] She [Abm] could have gotten angry [E] and made me [Ebm] feel like a [Dbm] guilty child, but I [B] realized that never
was her style.
_ _ [D] I [A] wanted her to [D] hurt me [G] and not [Gbm] treat me [Em] like a friend.
I wanted her to [D] say that maybe someday [G] I could crawl in on my [Db] knees to [Gb] ask her [B] back.
I didn't mean to [Ab] hurt her, but she acted [Eb] like a lady to [Cm] the end. _
[Ab] _ Oh, what [Bb] a lady, [Eb] _ I thought that she'd break down.
[Ab] But she [Bb] smiled at [Gm] me and [Cm] never [Db] made a [Bbm] sound.
[Eb] And I [Bb] guess she [Eb] understood [Fm] in her way, [Eb] cause her silence [Ab] told me [G] everything [Cm] she could not say.
[Eb] When it falls [G] apart, [Eb] [Fm] well there's [Gm] just no [Ab] easy way.
[B] There's [Bbm] just no [Abm] easy way.
[Fm] There's no [Gm] easy [Ab] way to [Cm] break _ _
[Eb] somebody's heart.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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