Sorry seems to be the hardest word Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays448

Sorry seems to be the hardest word by Joe Cocker is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Am7, D, G, F#m7/5-, B7, F#m7, D/F#, C/E, B/Eb, G/D, G6/5-/C#, Am, A7/C#, C, B, Em7, Eb, A9/C# and Cmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Em                               Am7 
What have I got to do to make you love me 
 
D                                 G   F#m7/5- B7 
What have I got to do to make you care 
 
Em                           Am7 
What do I do when lightning strikes me 
 
D                                    G   F#m7/5- B7 
And I wake to find that you're not there 
 
 
 
 
 Em                      Am7 
What do I do to make you want me 
 
D                           G    F#m7 B7 
What have I gotta do to be heard 
 
Em                          Am7 
What do I say when it's all over 
 
D                             G    D/F# 
Sorry seems to be the hardest word 
 
 
 
 
C/E           B/Eb 
It's sad     it's so sad 
 
G/D             G6/5-/C# 
It's a sad sad situation 
 
Am                B7             Em   F#m7/5-  B7 
And it's getting more and more absurd 
 
C/E           B/Eb 
It's sad     it's so sad 
 
 G/D           A7/C# 
Why can't we talk it over 
 
C 
Always seems to me 
 
     Am7            B      B7      Em 
That sorry seems to be the hardest word 
 
 
 
 
Solo over et A-stykke 
 
 
 
 
C/E          B/Eb 
It's sad     it's so sad 
 
G/D            G6/5-/C# 
It's a sad sad situation 
 
Am               B7              Em   F#m7/5- B7 
And it's getting more and more absurd 
 
C/E          B/Eb 
It's sad     it's so sad 
 
 G/D           A7/C# 
Why can't we talk it over 
 
C 
Always seems to me 
 
     Am7             B      B7     Em 
That sorry seems to be the hardest word 
 
 
 
 
                         Am7 
What do I do to make you love me 
 
D                              G    F#m7/5-  B7 
Oh what have I got to do to be heard 
 
Em                          Am7 
What do I do when lightning strikes me 
 
F#m7            B 
What have I got to do 
 
    Em7               Am7 
Oh what have I got to do 
 
 F#m7/5-          B7               
Sorry seems to be the hardest  
 
 Em  Eb G/D A9/C# Cmaj7 B7 Em 
Word 
 

    	

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