Hard Love

Martin Simpson

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I remember growing up loved like it was only yesterday

Mum and daddy tried their best to guide me on my way

But the hard times and the liqour drove easy love away

And the only love I knew about was hard love

It was hard love every hour of the day

When Christmas to my birthday was a million years away

And the fear that came between them drove the tears into my play

There was love in daddy's house but it was hard love

I recall the gentle courtesy you showed me as I tried

To dissemble in politeness all the love I felt inside

But for every song of laughter there was another song that cried

This ain't no easy weekend this is hard love

It was hard love every step of the way

It was hard to be so close to you and hard to turn away

But when all the stars in the sentimental songs dissolve away

There'll be nothing left to sing about but hard love

So I'll love you for your courage and your gentle sense of shame

And I'll love you for your laughter and your language and your name

And I knew it was impossible but I loved you just the same

Though the only love I gave to you was hard love

It was hard love it was so hard on you I know

When the only love I gave to you was love I couldn't show

You forgave the heart that loved you as your lover turned to go

Leaving nothing but the memory of hard love

So I'm standing in this phone booth with a dollar and a dime

And I'm wondering what to say to you to ease your troubled mind

For the Lord's cross might redeem us but our own just waste our time

But to tell the two apart there's always hard love

So I'll tell you that I love you even though you're far away

And I'll tell you how you changed me as I lived from day to day

And how you helped me to accept myself and I won't forget to say

That love is never wasted even when it's hard love

Oh it's hard love but it's love all the same

It's not the stuff of fantasy much more than just a game

And it's the only kind of miracle that is worthy of the name

For the love that heals our lives is mostly hard love

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Readable chord sheet for Hard Love by Martin Simpson

[C]I remember gro[C7]wing up loved like it[G] was only ye[Am]sterday
[G]Mum and daddy tried their best to gu[F]ide me on my w[C]ay
But the h[C]ard times and the liqour drove [Dm7]easy love a[Am]way
And the [G]only love I knew about was h[C]ard love

It was h[C]ard love every h[G]our of the [Am]day
When Ch[G]ristmas to my birthday was a m[F]illion years aw[C]ay
And the f[C]ear that came between them drove the t[Dm7]ears into my p[Am]lay
There was l[G]ove in daddy's house but it was h[C]ard love

I rec[C]all the gentle c[C7]ourtesy you sh[G]owed me as I t[Am]ried
To diss[G]emble in politeness all the l[F]ove I felt ins[C]ide
But for e[C]very song of laughter there was a[Dm7]nother song that cr[Am]ied
This a[G]in't no easy weekend this is h[C]ard love

It was h[C]ard love every s[G]tep of the [Am]way
It was h[G]ard to be so close to you and h[F]ard to turn aw[C]ay
But when a[C]ll the stars in the sentimental s[Dm7]ongs dissolve aw[Am]ay
There'll be n[G]othing left to sing about but h[C]ard love

So I'll l[C]ove you for your c[C7]ourage and your g[G]entle sense of sh[Am]ame
And I'll l[G]ove you for your laughter and your l[F]anguage and your n[C]ame
And I k[C]new it was impossible but I l[Dm7]oved you just the s[Am]ame
Though the o[G]nly love I gave to you was h[C]ard love

It was h[C]ard love it was so h[G]ard on you I k[Am]now
When the [G]only love I gave to you was l[F]ove I couldn't s[C]how
You forg[C]ave the heart that loved you as your l[Dm7]over turned to [Am]go
Leaving n[G]othing but the memory of h[C]ard love

So I'm s[C]tanding in this p[C7]hone booth with a d[G]ollar and a d[Am]ime
And I'm w[G]ondering what to say to you to e[F]ase your troubled m[C]ind
For the L[C]ord's cross might redeem us but our [Dm7]own just waste our t[Am]ime
But to t[G]ell the two apart there's always h[C]ard love

So I'll t[C]ell you that I l[C7]ove you even th[G]ough you're far a[Am]way
And I'll t[G]ell you how you changed me as I li[F]ved from day to d[C]ay
And how you h[C]elped me to accept myself and I w[Dm7]on't forget to [Am]say
That love is [G]never wasted even when it's h[C]ard love

Oh it's h[C]ard love but it's l[G]ove all the s[Am]ame
It's n[G]ot the stuff of fantasy much m[F]ore than just a g[C]ame
And it's the [C]only kind of miracle that is w[Dm7]orthy of the n[Am]ame
For the l[G]ove that heals our lives is mostly h[C]ard love