The hardest thing
The hardest thing

The hardest thing easy guitar chords by Colin Buchanan

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E A D G B E

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Fret 2

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  • G

  • Gsus4

  • C

  • Dsus4

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  • Am

  • D

  • G

  • Gsus4

  • C

  • Dsus4

  • Gsus2

  • Am

  • D

    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    You 
    were 
    born 

    outside 
    of 
    Liverpool 
    in 
    England 

    The 
    bank 
    propelled 
    your 

    father 
    left 
    and 
    right 

    You 
    told 
    me 
    about 
    your boarding 

    school 
    adven
    tures 

    That 
    ma
    gic 
    world 
    that lived 

    in 
    black and 
    white 

    You 
    turned 
    eighteen 
    and 

    enlisted 
    in 
    the 
    Air 
    Force 

    To 
    fly 
    horser 
    gliders 
    over 
    en
    emy 
    lines 

    You 
    nev
    er 
    lost 
    your wide 

    -eyed 
    joy 
    of 
    flying 

    And 
    Hitler 
    took 
    that 
    bullet 
    just 
    in 
    time 

    The 
    expectations 
    placed 
    you 
    at 
    the ledger 

    But 
    your 
    banker's 
    life 

    was 
    nev
    er 
    meant 
    to be 

    You 
    weathered 
    Grandad's 

    English 
    aspirations 

    And 
    he 
    set 
    you 
    sail 
    across 
    the Irish 
    Sea 

    You 
    al
    ways 
    had 
    your 
    chin up 
    to 
    the 
    sky 

    Stood 
    up straight 
    with 
    self 

    -respect 
    and 
    pride 

    You 
    looked 
    every 
    single 

    chal
    lenge 
    in 
    the eye 

    But 
    the 
    hardest 
    thing 
    you 
    ever 

    did 
    was 
    die 

    To 
    Marnie, 
    Chris, 

    you were 
    more 
    than 
    just 
    a nephew 

    Treas
    ured 
    like 
    the 
    sun 

    she never 
    bore 

    You 
    stepped 
    into 
    the 

    paper 
    mill 
    at 
    Swiftbrook 

    In 
    your 
    coat 
    and 
    tie 
    you 
    walked 

    the 
    factory 
    floor 

    And 
    when you 
    went 
    to Dr. 

    Duckdale's 
    with a 
    toothache 

    You 
    left 
    there 
    with 
    a 
    filling 
    and 
    a 
    pride 

    I 
    love 
    that photo 
    on 

    the steps 
    of Christchurch 

    GK
    V 
    with 
    Joan 
    Margaret 
    by 
    his 
    side 

    You 
    always 
    had 
    your 
    chin up 
    to 
    the 
    sky 

    Stood 
    up straight 
    with self 

    -respect 
    and 
    pride 

    You 
    looked 
    every 
    single 

    chal
    lenge 
    in 
    the eye 

    But 
    the 
    hardest 
    thing 
    you 
    ever 

    did 
    was 
    die 

    Cran
    ham 
    Road 
    was your 

    Irish 
    family 
    castle 

    Until 
    the millbar 
    sent 
    you 
    on 
    your way 

    You 
    bravely 
    sailed 
    the 

    six 
    of 
    us 
    to safety 

    From 
    Southamp
    ton down 

    into 
    Port 
    Phillip 
    Bay 

    You 
    were 
    forty 
    when 

    you 
    set 
    foot 
    in 
    Australia 

    Re
    sourceful 
    and 
    relentless 

    and 
    near 
    broke 

    We 
    faced 
    hardship 
    like 
    that 

    acre 
    of 
    lantana 

    Packed 
    it 
    out 
    by 
    hand 
    and 

    sent 
    it 
    up 
    in 
    smoke 

    You 
    wore 
    his 
    head, 

    your 
    chin up 
    to 
    the 
    sky 

    Stood 
    up straight 
    with 
    self 

    -respect 
    and 
    pride 

    Looked 
    every 
    single 
    chal
    lenge 
    in 
    the 
    eye 

    The 
    hardest 
    thing 
    you 
    ever 
    did 

    was 
    die 


    Don't 
    grow old, 

    you'd 
    always 
    tell 
    your grandkids 

    An 
    ugly 
    early 
    whiff 
    of 
    Waterloo 

    Your 
    life 
    began 
    the spiral 
    into 
    help
    less 

    And 
    this time 
    there 

    was nothing 
    you 
    could 
    do 

    All 
    the finest 
    stories 
    have 
    a 
    champion 

    To 
    step 
    in when 
    the 
    darkest 
    hour 
    has 
    come 

    But 
    the 
    Saviour 
    came 

    and bore 
    you safely 
    over 

    The 
    hardest 
    thing 

    you both 
    had 
    ever 
    done 

    You 
    always 
    had 
    your 
    chin up 
    to 
    the 
    sky 

    Stood 
    up 
    straight 
    with 
    self 

    -re
    spect 
    and 
    pride 

    You 
    looked 
    every 
    single 

    challenge 
    in 
    the 
    eye 

    But 
    the 
    hardest 
    thing 
    you 
    ever 
    did 
    was 
    die 

    You 
    looked 
    every 
    single 

    challenge 
    in 
    the 
    eye 

    But 
    the 
    hardest 
    thing 
    you 
    ever 
    did 
    was 
    die 

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