
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
Elton John
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Tom : Gm
Gm Bb Cm7
What have I got to do to make you love me?
F Bb Am5- D7
What have I got to do to make you care?
Gm Bb/F Cm7
What do I do when lightning strikes me?
F Bb Am5- D7
And I wake to find that you´re not there?
Gm Bb Cm7
What do I do to make you want me?
F Bb Am5- D7
What have I gotta do to be heard?
Gm Cm7
What do I say when it’s all over?
F Bb F
And sorry seems to be the hardest word?
Eb/G D/F# Bb/F Em7(5-)
It’s sad, so sad It’s a sad sad situation
Cm/Eb D7 Gm Am7(5-) D7
And it’s getting more and more absurd
Eb/G D/F# Bb/F C7/E
It’s sad, so sad Why can’t we talk it over?
Eb
Oh, it seems to me
Cm7 D7 Gm Cm
Sorry seems to be the hardest word?
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Detected progression: Gm → Bb → Cm7 → F → Bb → D7 → Gm → Bb/F
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