There's No Easy Way To Break Somebody's Heart - James Ingram (1983)
written by Barry Mann
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vQ5KXii8-Q
Intro
[Eb] [Eb7sus4] [Ab/Eb] [Abmmaj7/Eb] [Abm6/Eb]
[Eb] [Eb7sus4] [Ab/Eb] [Abmmaj7/Eb] [Abm6/Eb]
Verse 1
[Eb] [Ebsus4/F] [Eb/G]
I held her close to me
[Ab] [Bb/Ab] [Gm7] [Cm7]
Coz I know she breaks so easily
[Abmaj9] [Ebadd2/G] [Eb/G]
And then I told her
[Fm7] [Eb/G] [Abmaj7/Bb] [Ab6/Bb]
But I knew no matter how I tried to console her
[Ebadd2] [Eb] [Ebsus4/F] [Eb/G]
She'd just do the best she could
[Ab] [Bb/Ab] [Gm7] [Cm7] [C#maj9]
But there are times the best is no damn good
[Abmaj7/Bb] [Ab6/Bb] [Ebadd2] [Eb] [Ebsus4/F] [Fm7]
And no matter how you try to be kind
[Eb/G] [Abmaj7] [G7#5] [Bb/C] [Cm7] [Bb/C] [Eb/C] [Bb/C] [Eb/C]
There's always still a part of you you'll leave behind
[Eb/F] [F9add13]
When it falls apart
Chorus
[Abmaj9] [Gm7] [Fm7] [Ab/Bb] [Eb]
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart
Interlude
([Eb]) [Eb7sus4] [Ab/Eb] [Abmmaj7/Eb] [Abm6/Eb]
Verse 2
[Ebadd2] [Eb] [Ebsus4/F] [Eb/G]
I lied and told her she'll be fine
[Ab] [Bb/Ab] [Gm7] [Cm7]
Though we both knew it was just a lie
[Abmaj9] [Ebadd2/G] [Eb/G]
I had to do it
[Fm7] [Eb/G] [Abmaj7/Bb] [Ab6/Bb]
Coz I'd have said anything to help me get through it
[Ebadd2] [Eb] [Ebsus4/F] [Eb/G]
Then she reached out for my hand
[Ab] [Bb/Ab] [Gm7] [Cm7] [C#maj9]
And her simple touch was more than I could stand
[Abmaj7/Bb] [Ab6/Bb] [Ebadd2] [Eb] [Fm7]
And I had to turn away coz I knew
[Eb/G] [Abmaj7] [G7#5] [Bb/C] [Cm7] [Bb/C] [Eb/C] [Bb/C] [Eb/C]
All the hurt that she was feeling, I was feeling too
[Eb/F] [F9add13]
Coz when it falls apart
Chorus
[Abmaj9] [Gm7] [Fm7] [Ab/Bb] [Eb] [Eb]
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart
Bridge
[Bmaj9] [G#m9]
She could've gotten angry
[Emaj7] [D#m7] [C#m7]
And made me feel like a guilty child
[C#m7] [B/D#] [E/F#] [Bmaj9] [Bmaj9]
But I realized that never was her style
[Dmaj9] [A/B] [Bm7]
I wanted her to hurt me
[Gmaj9] [F#m7add4] [Em7]
And not treat me like a friend
[Em9] [D/F#] [Asus4/F#]
I wanted her to say "there'd be someday
[Gmaj9] [C#m7b5] [F#7b9] [Badd9] [B]
I'd come crawling on my knees to ask her back again"
[Eb7sus4/Bb] [Eb7] [Abmaj9] [Abmaj9]
But she acted like a lady till the end
[Abadd2/Bb] [Bb7]
Oh, what a lady...
Verse 3
[Ebadd2] [Eb] [Eb/F] [Ebsus4/F] [Eb/G]
I thought that she'd break down
[Ab] [Bb/Ab] [Gm7] [Cm7] [C#maj9]
But she smiled at me and never made a sound
[Abmaj7/Bb] [Ab6/Bb] [Ebadd2] [Eb] [Fm7]
And I guess she under - stood in her way
[Eb/G] [Abmaj7] [G7#5#9] [G7#5b9] [Bb/C] [Cm7] [Bb/C] [Eb/C] [Bb/C] [Eb/C]
Coz her silence told me everything she could not say
[Eb/F] [Ebmaj7#5/F]
When it falls apart
Chorus
[Fm7] [Gm7] [Abmaj7]
Well, there's just no easy way
[Bmaj9] [A#m7] [G#m7]
There's just no easy way
[Fm7] [Bbsus4/G] [Abmaj7/Bb]
There's no easy way to break, somebody's heart...
Outro
[Eb] [Eb7sus4] [Ab/Eb] [Abmmaj7/Eb] [Abm6/Eb]
[Cadd2]
