The Hardest Word chords by Kirsty MacColl

SimplifiedC · F · G · Csus4 · Gsus4

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C
F
G
Csus4
Gsus4

Intro 1
C 
F 
C 
G 
C 
 (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
G 
C 
Csus4 
C 
 (G major)  (C major)  (Csus4)  (C major) 
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Gsus4 
G 
C 
 (F major)  (Gsus4)  (G major)  (C major) 
F 
Gsus4 
 (F major)  (Gsus4) 
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 1

(kirsty maccoll hamish maccoll)

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Verse 2
C 
With me in the valley you  (C major) out on the hill
F 
I can just see you if  (F major) I  close
Gsus4 
G 
my  (Gsus4) eyes      (G major) 
C 
G 
C 
 (C major) Climbing  (G major) those  (C major) mountains I picture you still
F 
I see your smile just as  (F major) I
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C 
saw the sun (G major)  (C major) rise
This land is ancient it's
built out of bones
At war with each other,
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G 
the  (F major) mother, the father (G major) 
C 
The  (C major) sisters, the brothers,
the daughters and sons
Be kind to each other,
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Gsus4 
G 
your  (F major) father, your  (Gsus4) mother    (G major) 

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) On the horizon the eagles are flying
G 
And I mean no  (G major) more than
F 
C 
G 
a  (F major) cloud in the sky  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
G 
C 
 (C major) I never  (G major) know if  (C major) I'm laughing
or crying
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G 
C 
The hardest word is the word  (F major)  (G major) good (C major) bye
Teach me the old ways I'm ready to learn
F 
C 
Be kind to the sister, be  (F major) kind to the  (C major) brother
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C 
G 
C 
 (G major) The writer (C major) ,  (G major) the  (C major) singer,
the poet, the clown
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G 
Be good to the man and be  (F major) kind to them  (G major) all
C 
 (C major) And we are ancient built from bones
Make time for the young
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C 
and make  (F major) time for the  (C major) old
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C 
 (G major) Be kind to each other  (C major) oh
that's what I know
Be kind to the mothers,
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C 
G 
 (F major) daughters and  (C major) son (G major) s

Interlude 1

Verse 4
C 
The  (C major) true and the great and
the scared and the small
Be kind to each other,
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G 
be  (F major) kind to them  (G major) all
C 
Forgive our indignity and we  (C major) forgive yours
G 
C 
F 
G 
As I am the  (G major) mother (C major) ,   (F major) you are the  (G major) father
C 
Entwined  (C major) in each other, now and forever
F 
The fathers of  (F major) daughters,
G 
the mothers of  (G major) sons
C 
Forever  (C major) and ever and ever as one
F 
C 
F 
G 
As we are the  (F major) fathers,  (C major)  (F major) we are the  (G major) sons
C 
And  (C major) we are the daughters,
the mothers and brothers
F 
C 
F 
C 
G 
Forever  (F major)  (C major) and  ever and  (F major) ever as  (C major) one  (G major) 

Outro 1
C 
Csus4 
C 
F 
C 
 (C major)  (Csus4)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 
F 
C 
F 
G 
C 
F 
G 
 (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) 
C 
G 
F 
G 
C 
 (C major)  (G major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 
G 
C 
F 
G 
C 
 (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 
F 
C 
F 
 (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 