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| Intro: D Fdim Em7 A7 D |
| D | Fdim | |
| Scan not a friend with a | microscopic glass |
| Em7 | A7 | |
| You know his faults, now l | et the foibles pass |
| D | Fdim | |
| Life is one long e | nigma, my friend |
| Em7 | A7 | D | |
| So read | on, read on, the | answer's at the | end |
| Bb | C | F | Am | |
| Don't be so h | ard on the o | nes that you l | ove |
| Bb | C | Em7 | A | |
| It's the | ones that you l | ove we t | hink so lit | tle of |
| Bb | C | F | Am | |
| Don't be so ha | rd on the o | nes that you n | eed |
| Bb | C | Em7 | A | |
| It's the o | nes that you n | eed we t | hink so little o | f |
| The speech of flowers excels the flowers of speech |
| But what's often in your heart, is the hardest thing to reach |
| And life is one long mystery, my friend |
| So live on, live on, the answer's at the end |
| Don't be so hard on the ones that you love |
| It's the ones that you love we think so little of |
| Don't be so hard on the ones that you need |
| It's the ones that you need we think so little of |
| Don't be so hard on the ones that you love |
| It's the ones that you love we think so little of |
| Don't be so hard on the ones that you need |
| It's the ones that you need we think so little of |
| Em | A | Em | A | |
| Oh, we think so little of the on | es that we love, someti | mes |
| Em | |
| Isn't it a p | ity how we hurt |
| A | |
| The o | nes that we love the most of all |
| Em | A | |
| The ones we shouldn't hurt at a | ll |
| Mini Solo: D Fdim |
| You know my faults, now let the foibles pass |
| 'Cause life is one long enigma, my friend |
| Live on, live on, the answer's at the end |
| Don't be so hard on the ones that you love |
| It's the ones that you love we think so little of |
| Don't be so hard on the ones that you need |
| It's the ones that you need we think so little of |
| Don't be so hard on the ones that you love |
| It's the ones that you love we think so little of |
| Don't be so hard on the ones that you need |
| It's the ones that you need we think so little of |
| The ones that we love |
| We hurt the most of all, sometimes |
| And isn't it a pity how |
| We hurt the ones that we love (fade) |