Breakin' Up is Hard to Do Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays445

Breakin' Up is Hard to Do by Carpenters is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Am, F, Em and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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                         G               C            Am      F 
Intro:          Come-a, come on down, doobie do down down   (3x) 
                    G             C    F  C 
                  Breaking up is hard to do 
 
                                   C Am  F        G 
                1.Don't take your love away from me 
                   C         Am                F   G 
                  Don't you leave my heart in misery 
                  Em             Am 
                  If you go then I'll be blue 
                         Dm                    G 
                  'Cos breaking up is hard to do 
 
                             C Am    F       G 
                2.Remember when you hold me tight 
                        C       Am              F      G 
                  And then you kissed me all thru the night 
                    Em               Am 
                  Think of all that we've been thru 
                         Dm            G       C  
                  'Cos breaking up is hard to do 
 
                                 G               C            Am      F 
Intro:          Come-a, come on down, doobie do down down   (3x) 
                    G             C    F  C 
                  Breaking up is hard to do 
 
                            C Am      F        G 
                3.I beg of you don't say good-bye 
                   C        Am             F       G 
                  Can't we give our love another try 
                  Em                Am 
                  And maybe it'll start anew 
                         Dm                    G 
                  'Cos breaking up is hard to do 
 
                            C Am      F        G 
                4.I beg of you don't say good-bye 
                   C        Am             F       G 
                  Can't we give our love another try 
                  Em                Am 
                  And maybe it'll start anew 
                         Dm            G       C  
                  'Cos breaking up is hard to do 
 
                                 G               C            Am      F 
Intro:          Come-a, come on down, doobie do down down   (3x) 
                    G             C    F  C 
                  Breaking up is hard to do 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante