Tom Paxton - It Aint Easy Chords

CHORUS:
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN’T EASY, NO IT AIN’T EASY, 
     A7                           G              D  
THE LIVIN’ AND THE LOVIN’ ARE NOT EASY THINGS TO DO
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN’T EASY, NO IT AIN’T EASY, 
       A7                           D
THAT’S WHY I WANT TO BE A FRIEND TO YOU.

VERSE 1.

D                 D7       G              Em
When I awoke this mornin’, you were on my mind
A7                             G                    D
Sometimes we have moments when good news is hard to find
D               D7          G             Em
No one knows exactly what another’s goin’ through
    A7                                G         A7    D
But singin’ you these simple words is something I can do

CHORUS:
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN’T EASY, NO IT AIN’T EASY, 
     A7                          G              D  
THE LIVIN’ AND THE LOVIN’ ARE NOT EASY THINGS TO DO
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN’T EASY, NO IT AIN’T EASY, 
       A7                           D
THAT’S WHY I WANT TO BE A FRIEND TO YOU.

VERSE 2.

D                     D7                G  
I know that you lost something that you loved with all your 
Em
Heart
  A7                               G            D  
I know how the grieving feels like tearing you apart
D              D7                  G 
Just remember something that might ease you through the 
Em
Pain
A7                                 G          A7      D
There are those who’ll carry you until you’re whole again

CHORUS:
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN’T EASY, NO IT AIN’T EASY, 
     A7                          G              D  
THE LIVIN’ AND THE LOVIN’ ARE NOT EASY THINGS TO DO
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN’T EASY, NO IT AIN’T EASY, 
       A7                           D
THAT’S WHY I WANT TO BE A FRIEND TO YOU.

VERSE 3.

D             D7            G                Em   
Only you can understand the load you have to bear
A7                           G             D
All a friend can offer is to try to take a share
D                  D7              G                Em   
Friends are all we have and I just want to help you see
  A7                              G          A7       D
However hard it gets for you, you have that friend in me

CHORUS:
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN’T EASY, NO IT AIN’T EASY, 
     A7                          G              D  
THE LIVIN’AND THE LOVIN’ ARE NOT EASY THINGS TO DO
D        D7                G  Em
IT AIN’T EASY, NO IT AIN’T EASY, 
       A7                           D
THAT’S WHY I WANT TO BE A FRIEND TO YOU.

Repeat last line and end.