Hardest Part Chords

KeyEm Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays680

Hardest Part by Coldplay is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, Em/D, Am7, D/F#, Em, G, C/B and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: C Em/D Am7  
      C Em/D D/F#  
	  
	Verse 1:  
	  
	Em         C	  
	And the hardest part  
	       G               D/F#  
	Was letting go, not taking part  
	  
	Em        C          G   D/F#  
	Was the hardest pa - rt  
	  
	Em         C	  
	And the strangest thing  
	      G              D/F#  
	Was waiting for that bell to ring  
	Em            C        G   D/F#  
	It was the strangest start  
 	 

        C            G    D/F#  
	I could feel it go down  
	  
	C                       G         D/F#  
	It is sweet, I could taste in my mouth  
	C                    G    D/F#  
	Silver lining the cloud   
	  
	       Em  Em/D  C   C/B   Am  
	Oh and I....................I...  
  
	I wish that I could work it out  
  
	Bridge:  
	Em C G D/F# X2  
  
   
	Verse 2:	  
 	Em         C	  
	And the hardest part  
	  
	       G              D/F#  
	Was letting go, not taking part  
	Em            C       G   D/F#  
	You really broke my heart  
	Em      C	  
	And I tried to sing   
	         G              D/F#  
	But I couldn't think of anything  
	Em                 C       G   D/F#  
	And that was the hardest part  
         

	C                    G    D/F#  
	I could feel it go down  
	C                       G         D/F#  
	You left the sweetest taste in my mouth  
	C                           G    D/F#  
	You're silver lining the clouds  
	  
		Em  Em/D  C   C/B   Am  
	Oh and I....................I...  
		Em  Em/D  C   C/B   D/F#  
	Oh and I....................I...  
	  
	I wonder what it's all about  
	  
	C Em/D Am7 X2  
	I wonder what it's all about	  
	Outro:  
	  
	C Em/D Am7  
	C Em/D D/F#  
  
	  
	              C  Em/D  Am7  
	Everything I know is wrong  
	              C       Em/D        Am7  
	Everything I do, it's just comes undone  
	                   C  Em/D  Am7  
	And everything is torn apart  
  
			   C  
	Oh and it's the hardest part  
		     D/F#  
	That's the hardest part  
			   C   
	Yeah that's the hardest part  
	  
		     D/F#  
	That's the hardest part  
	  
	C Em/D Am7 ( repeat till fade out)
    	

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100 BPM Andante