Hard To Say   Dan Fogelberg

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"Hard To Say" by Dan Fogelberg 1981

I'm playing this with the bass E dropped to D, so I'm diagramming a few of the
chords to illustrate what you have to do to keep that bass string right. Also,
the phrasing is a little laidback, so the chord placements are only approximates.

A simplified tab of the intro. This is also played after some of the lines and
between some of the verses.
\= pull off
/= hammer on (in the tab)
The "/" under the tab is to approximate where the beats are.

Intro:   D                 G(no third)                    D...
e |------2--0----2---3\2-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B |------3--3----3---3---|-3---3---3---------------|-------------------------|
G |------2--2----2---2---|-0---0---0---------------|-------------------------|
D |------0--0----0---0---|-0---0---0----------0----|-------------------------|
A |----------------------|-5---5---5---------------|-------------------------|
D |-0--------------------|-5---5---5-------7/9--9\7|-0----(repeat)-----------|
    /    /    /   /        /     /      /     /      /     /      /     /   

                  550003          
D            A      G        A 
Lucky in love, well maybe so
                                   555333
D                  A                 Gm       A
There's still a lot of things you'll never know

D                      A      G        A
Like why each time the sky begins to snow
       222000        444222
    D    Em F#m G#m    F#m  Em
You cry...


D                A             G             A  
You're faithful to her in your careless way

D       A                  Gm      A     
So you miss her when she's far away

D                   A           G          A
But every time you think you've got it straight

D          (repeat intro)
You fall...


You face the future with a weary past
Those dreams you banked upon are fading fast
You know you love her but it may not last
You fear...

It's never easy and it's never clear
Who's to navigate and who's to steer
So you flounder drifting ever near
The rocks...

CHORUS:               222100
G                      E
It's hard to say where love went wrong

D                       D7
It's hard to say just when (it's so hard to say)

G                 Em
It's hard to walk away from love

       G            Gm   A
It may never come again


You do your best to keep your hand in play
And try to keep those lonesome blues at bay
You think you're winning but it's hard to say
Sometimes...

repeat chorus

repeat firs