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That Makes It Tough

Buddy Holly

RockAdvanced for beginners10 chords

How to play it

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

A7×
D××
A×
E
G
E7
F
F#Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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A7               D 
                  
   That makes it tough 
 
        A    E G A   
Whoa so tough 
          E         E7 
When you tell meeee 
          A           A7 
you don't love meeeee  
              D 
That makes it toughaaaouughhh 
 
         A 
whoaa so tough 
(E     F  F# )             F#m 
whooh oh whoho whoawhoawhoawhooaaa 
D        B7            E        E7      A    D, A, E E7 
When you say you don't care for me know more 
 
A             D            A    E7  A  E7   A 
memories will follow me forever 
E                E7                 A           E      E7 
though I know my dreams cannot come true eh oooohhhooohhh 
A                   D                 A     E7 A (The E7 to A is A real quick change) 
All those precious things we shared together 
D         B7      E         E7     A     D   A   (Mute strings) 
Time goes by I'll still reeemember youuuuuuuuu 
 
 
                  D 
And that makes it tough 
        A    (E E G A)    
Ohhh so tough 
A        E    E7 
When you tell meeeeee 
          A          A7 
You don't love meeee 
                 D 
That makes it it toughaaaaaoooughhhh 
         A 
whoaa so tough 
(E     F  F# )             F#m 
whooh oh whoho whoawhoawhoawhooaaa 
D        B7            E        E7      A    D, A, E E7 
When you say you don't care for me know more 
 
 
D        B7            E        E7      A D  A                                             
Hmmmmmm Hmmmmmmm HMMMMMMM Heeeemmmm HMMMMM   hMMMMMMM 
          
 

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Chord set

A7 · D · A · E · G · E7 · F · F# · F#m · B7

Practice tip

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