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Breakin' Up is Hard to Do

Carpenters

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
C×
Am×
F
Em
Dm××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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                         G               C            Am      F 
Intro:          Come-a, come on down, doobie do down down   (3x) 
                    G             C    F  C 
                  Breaking up is hard to do 
 
                                   C Am  F        G 
                1.Don't take your love away from me 
                   C         Am                F   G 
                  Don't you leave my heart in misery 
                  Em             Am 
                  If you go then I'll be blue 
                         Dm                    G 
                  'Cos breaking up is hard to do 
 
                             C Am    F       G 
                2.Remember when you hold me tight 
                        C       Am              F      G 
                  And then you kissed me all thru the night 
                    Em               Am 
                  Think of all that we've been thru 
                         Dm            G       C  
                  'Cos breaking up is hard to do 
 
                                 G               C            Am      F 
Intro:          Come-a, come on down, doobie do down down   (3x) 
                    G             C    F  C 
                  Breaking up is hard to do 
 
                            C Am      F        G 
                3.I beg of you don't say good-bye 
                   C        Am             F       G 
                  Can't we give our love another try 
                  Em                Am 
                  And maybe it'll start anew 
                         Dm                    G 
                  'Cos breaking up is hard to do 
 
                            C Am      F        G 
                4.I beg of you don't say good-bye 
                   C        Am             F       G 
                  Can't we give our love another try 
                  Em                Am 
                  And maybe it'll start anew 
                         Dm            G       C  
                  'Cos breaking up is hard to do 
 
                                 G               C            Am      F 
Intro:          Come-a, come on down, doobie do down down   (3x) 
                    G             C    F  C 
                  Breaking up is hard to do 
 
          
 

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Chord set

G · C · Am · F · Em · Dm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.