The Hardest Part Of Love chords by 
Stephen Schwartz 
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Key: C# minor•
Verse 1
C#m
A
F#m
D
E
Esus4
A
E
Oh,
A
E
this son of mine I love so well, and oh the toll it takes
C#m
A
I would build a bridge of dreams for him
D
E
and patch it where it break s
G#m
A
But the one thing he must treasure
B
C#m
is to make his own mis takes
A
B
Oh...
E
He is bound for lands I've traveled,
I remember them so clear
C#m
I could tell him what to watch for,
A
D
E
I could warn him what to fear
G#m
A
I could shout until I'm breathless
B
C#m
and he'd still refuse to hear
B
Oh...
Verse 2
F#m
A
B
But you cannot close the acorn
G#m
C#m
once the oak begins to grow
G#m
C#
And you cannot close your heart to what
F#m
A
B
it feels and needs to know
A
B
That the hardest part of love
C#m
A
F#m
D
Is the letting go
Verse 3
E
D
E
As a child I found a spar row that
had fallen from its nest
C#m
And I nursed it back to health till
A
D
E
it was stronger than the rest
G#m
A
But when I tried to hold it, then
B
C#m
it pecked and scratched my chest
B
Till I let it go
Verse 4
E
Esus4
And I watched it fly away from me
A
E
with its bright and selfish song
C#m
And a part of me was curs ing
A
D
E
I had helped it go so strong
G#m
A
And I feared it might go hungry,
C#m
B
C#m
and I feared it might go wrong
B
Oh...
Verse 5
F#m
A
B
But you cannot close the acorn once
G#m
C#m
the oak begins to grow
G#m
C#
And you cannot close your heart to
F#m
A
B
what it feels and needs to know
G#m
A
B
That the hardest part of love
C#m
B
A
F#m
Is the let ting go
D
E
Esus4
Verse 6
A
Esus4
E
And it's only in Eden grows
a rose without a thorn
And your children start to leave you
A
F#m
E
on the day that they are born
B
G#m
A
They will leave you there to cheer for
B
A
them, they will leave you there to mourn
F#m
B
Ever so...
Verse 7
E
Esus4
Like an ark on uncharted sea s
E
their lives will be tossed
C#m
A
And the deeper is your love for them,
D
E
the crueler is the cost
G#m
And just when they start
A
C#m
to find them selves
B
C#m
Is when you fear they're lost
B
Oh...
A
But you cannot close the
Verse 8
B
acorn once
G#m
C#m
the oak begins to grow
G#m
C#
And you cannot close your heart to what
F#m
A
B
it fears and needs to know
G#m
A
B
That the hardest part of love
G#m
A
B
And the rarest part of love
C#m
A
E
And the truest part of
B
C#m
B
A
F#m
love
D
Bm
E
Esus4
C#m
Is letting go
Esus4
D
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC#m A F#m D E...
C#m
A
F#m
D
E
Esus4
G#m
B
C#
Bm
Capo: 4
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