You Always Hurt The One You Love
View chords used in this chart
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[Chorus]
A Amaj7 A6
A Amaj7 F9 E9
The one you shouldn't hurt at all
Bm Bm7 E7
You always take the sweetest rose
E7 E A
And crush it till the petals fall
[Verse]
A A7 Dmaj7 D6
You always break the kindest heart
B7 E9
With a hasty word you can't recall
A Amaj7 C#m Bm6 F#7
So, if I broke your heart last night
B7 E E7 A7 Bm7
It's because I love you most of all
[Chorus]
A Amaj7 A6
You always hurt the one you love
A Amaj7 F9 E9
The one you shouldn't hurt at all
Bm Bm7 E7
You always take the sweetest rose
E7 E A
And crush it till the petals fall
[Verse]
A A7 Dmaj7 D6
You always break the kindest heart
B7 E9
With a hasty word you can't recall
A Amaj7 C#m Bm6 F#7
So, if I broke your heart last night
B7 E E7 A7 Bm7
It's because I love you most of all
[Chorus]
A Amaj7 A6
You always hurt the one you love
A Amaj7 F9 E9
The one you shouldn't hurt at all
Bm Bm7 E7
You always take the sweetest rose
E7 E A
And crush it till the petals fall
[Verse]
A A7 Dmaj7 D6
You always break the kindest heart
B7 E9
With a hasty word you can't recall
A Amaj7 C#m Bm6 F#7
So, if I broke your heart last night
B7 E E7 A7 Bm7
It's because I love you most of all
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