| Intro: |
| Em7 | Em6 | Cma7/B | Em | Am7 | B7 |
| Em | Am | A7sus | Am7 | |
| What have I got to do to make you love | me? |
| D | G | B7 | |
| What have I got to do to make you | care? |
| Em | Am | A7sus | Am7 | |
| What do I do when lightning | strikes me? |
| D | G | B7 | |
| And I wake to find that you're not | there? |
| Em | Am | A7sus | Am7 | |
| What do I do to make you | want me? |
| D | G | B7 | |
| What have I gotta do to be | heard? |
| Em | Am | A7sus | Am7 | |
| What do I say when it's all | over? |
| D | G | B7 | |
| And sorry seems to be the hardest | word? |
| C | B7 | Em | A7 | |
| It's sad, | so sad | It's a sad sad sit | uation, |
| Am | B7 | Em | B7 | |
| And it's getting | more and more a | bsurd |
| C | B7 | Em | A7 | |
| It's sad, | so sad | Why can't we | talk it over? |
| C | Am7 | B7 | Em | |
| And it seems to me, | Sorry seems to | be the hardest | word? |
| (Instrumental Verse) |
| Em | Am | A7sus | Am7 | D | G | B7 | |
| C | B7 | Em | A7 | |
| It's sad, | so sad | It's a sad sad sit | uation, |
| Am | B7 | Em | B7 | |
| And it's getting | more and more a | bsurd |
| C | B7 | Em | A7 | |
| It's sad, | so sad | Why can't we | talk it over? |
| C | Am7 | B7 | Em | |
| And it seems to me, | Sorry seems to | be the hardest | word? |
| Em | Am | A7sus | Am7 | |
| What do I do to make you love me | , |
| D | G | B7 | |
| What have I got to do to be | heard? |
| Em | Am | A7sus | Am7 | |
| What do I do when lightning strik | es me? |
| F#m}Wbat do I got to B7 | Em | A7 | |
| do? | What do I got to | do? |
| Am7 | B7 | |
| When | sorry seems to | be the hardest |
| Em7 | Em6 | Cmaj7/B | Em | B7 | Em | |
| word? |