| Adim | Dsus4 | D | |
| Sorry seems to be (oooooh) the hardest | word |
| Gm, Gm7 |
| Uh huh |
| Cm | |
| Na na na nananana |
| F, F7, Bb, Adim |
| D | |
| That¡¦s ri | ght |
| VERSE CHORDS |
| Gm Gm7 Cm7 Cm,Cm7 |
| What I gotta do, to make you love me? |
| F | Fm7 | Bb | Adim | Dsus4 | D | |
| What I gotta | do to make you | care? |
| Gm Gm7 Cm7 Cm,Cm7 |
| What do I do when lightening strikes me? |
| F | Fm7 | Bb | Adim | Dsus4 | D | |
| And awake to | find that you're not | there | . |
| Gm Gm7 Cm7 Cm,Cm7 |
| What I gotta do to make you want me? |
| F | Fm7 | Bb | Adim | Dsus4 | D | |
| What I gotta | do to be | heard (o | h) |
| Gm Gm7 Cm7 Cm,Cm7 |
| What do I say when it's all over? Babe! |
| F | Fm7 | Bb | F | |
| Sorry seems to | be the hardest | word! | (That¡¦s right) |
| CHORUS CHORDS |
| Gm | GmM7 | |
| It's sad, | so sad |
| Gm7 | C2 | |
| It's a sad sad | situation |
| Eb | Dm | D | Gm | Adim | D | |
| And it's gettin' | more and | more ab- | surd |
| Gm | GmM7 | |
| It's sad, | so sad |
| Gm7 | C2 | |
| Why can't we | talk it over |
| Eb NC Eb NC |
| Always it seems to me |
| Dm Cm,NC Dsus4 D Gm |
| That sorry seems to be the hardest word |
| VERSE CHORDS |
| What do I do to make you want me? |
| What I gotta do to be heard? |
| What do I say when it's all over? |
| Sorry seems to be the hardest word. |
| CHORUS CHORDS |
| It's sad(so sad) so sad(so sad) |
| It's a sad sad situation |
| And it's gettin' more and more absurd (um um) |
| It's sad(so sad) so sad(so sad) |
| Why can't we talk it over |
| Always seems to me (yo yo) |
| Sorry seems to be the hardest word (oahhhhhhhh yer) |
| Vocal break, VERSE CHORDS played over once |
| VERSE CHORDS 2 |
| Gm | Gm7 | Cm7 | Cm | Cm7 | |
| What do I | do to make you love | me | (oh | hhhhhhh) |
| F F7 Bb Ddim Asus4,A |
| What I gotta do to be heard |
| Gm | Gm7 | Cm7 | Cm | Cm7 | |
| What do I | do when lightening | strikes me, yeah |
| Adim | D | |
| What've I gotta | do |
| Gm | Cm | |
| What've I gotta | do |
| Ddim(ring) NC D(ring),NC |
| When sorry seems to be the hardest word |
| Ending Chords (strum softly):Gm Gm7 Eb D Adim Dsus4 D Gm(ring),stop |