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Harder To Forgive

Brandi Carlile

RockMedium for beginners8 chords

How to play it

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

G○○○
Cadd9×○
C×○○
D××○
Em○○○○
F#Diagram coming soon
Dsus4Diagram coming soon
Am×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro 
 
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G 
 
 
verse 1 
G                             Cadd9 G 
I love the songs I hated when I was young 
                                Cadd9  G 
Because they take me back where I come from 
     C 
When every broken heart seemed like the end 
     G            C       G         D 
When everyone was someone different then 
 
 
verse 2 
    G                     Cadd9   G 
But I can't be alone in a crowded room 
                                       Cadd9  G 
Where my thoughts, they run like water down a flume 
          C 
There are days when I will let the darkness rise 
        G                C           G     D 
I don't always choose to stay on the sunny side 
 
 
Chorus 
Em              C   G    C            G 
Sometimes I prete - eh - end we never met (ooh) 
G  D/F#  Em   D      C     G               D   Dsus4  D 
Be-cause it's harder to forgive than to forget 
               C      D     G 
Sometimes it's harder to forgive 
 
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G 
 
verse 3 
G                          Cadd9  G 
Yes, my life has seen some wasted time 
                                Cadd9   G 
I have suffered for the peace inside my mind 
    C 
And some things are better left unsaid 
      G                    C                      G       D 
While some things work out different when they're in your head 
 
 
verse 4 
    G                      Cadd9   G 
But I'm not sorry for the things I say 
                              Cadd9   G 
Sometimes I let my mouth just run away 
    C 
And I believe that all souls are born kind 
         G        C          G       D 
And that all love lost comes back in time 
 
 
Chorus 
Em              C   G    C            G 
Sometimes I prete - eh - end we never met (ooh) 
G  D/F#  Em   D      C     G               D   Dsus4  D 
Be-cause it's harder to forgive than to forget 
               C      D     G 
Sometimes it's harder to forgive 
 
 
Verse 5 
    G 
And even if the world is really round 
    Em 
And all the maps are printed upside down 
   Am 
So if you stand in one place for too long 
D 
Everything around you will be gone 
 
 
Verse 6 
      G 
Well, I'm not gonna miss you when I go 
        Em 
Now the part of me that's left wants you to know 
     Am 
That I'm not gonna jump towards the light 
    D                              G     D/F# 
The ones who believe choose the ni-ight 
 
 
Outro 
Em    Am    D 
Oooh, ooooh 
G   Em   Am   D 
Ooh,     ooh 
G   Em 
Ah, ooh 
Am    D    G 
Ah    Ah

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Chord set

G · Cadd9 · C · D · Em · F# · Dsus4 · Am

Practice tip

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