The hardest thing Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Gsus4]
[G][Gsus4]

[Verse 1]
You were [G]born
outside of Liverpool in England
The [C]bank propelled your
father [Gsus4]left and right
You [Dsus4]told me about your boarding
[Gsus2]school adventu[Dsus4]res[G]
That ma[C]gic world that lived
in [Gsus4]black and white
You turned [G]eighteen and
enlisted in the Air Force
To fly [C]horser gliders over en[Gsus4]emy lines
You nev[Dsus4]er lost your wide
-eyed joy of flying
And [C]Hitler took that bullet [Gsus4]just in time
The [G]expectations placed you at the ledger
But your [C]banker's life
was [Gsus4]nev er meant to be
You [Dsus4]weathered Grandad's
English aspirations
And he [C]set you sail [Gsus4]across the Irish Sea
You al[C]ways had your [G]chin up to the sky
Stood up straight with [Am]self
-respect and pride
You looked every single
chal[G]lenge in the eye
But the hardest thing you [C]ever
did was [G]die[Gsus4]
To [G]Marnie, Chris,
you were more than just a nephew
Treas[C]ured like the sun
she never bore
[Dsus4]You stepped into the
paper mill at Swiftbrook
In your [C]coat and tie you walked
the factory floor
[Gsus4]And when you went to D[G]r.
Duckdale's with a toothache
You [C]left there with a filling and a pride
[Dsus4]I love that photo on
the steps of Christchurch
GK[C]V with Joan Margaret by his side
You always had your [G]chin up to the sky
Stood up straight [Am]with self
-respect and pride
You looked every single
chal[G]lenge in the eye
But the hardest thing you [C]ever
did was [G]die[Gsus4]
Cran[G]ham Road was your
Irish family castle
[C]Until the millbar sent you on your way
[Dsus4]You bravely sailed the
six of us to safety
From [C]Southampton down
into Port Phillip Bay
[Dsus4]You were forty[G] when
you set foot in Australia
Re[C]sourceful and relentless
and near broke
We faced [Dsus4]hardship like that
acre of [D]lantana
Packed it [C]out by hand and
sent it up in smoke
You wore his head,
your [G]chin up to the sky
Stood up straight with [Am]self
-respect and pride
Looked every single chal[G]lenge in the eye
The hardest thing you [C]ever did
was [G]die[Gsus4][G]
[C]
[G]Don't grow old,
you'd always tell your grandkids
An [C]ugly early whiff of [Am]Waterloo
[C]Your life [D]began the spiral into help[Dsus4]less
And [C]this time there
was nothing you could do
[G]All the finest stories have a champion
To [C]step in when the darkest hour has come
[G]But the [D]Saviour came
and bore [G]you safely over
[D]The [C]hardest thing
you both had ever done
You always had your [G]chin up to the sky
Stood up straight with [C]self
-re[Am]spect and pride
You looked every single
challenge [G]in the eye
But the hardest [C]thing you ever did was die
You looked every single
challenge [G]in the eye
But the hardest thing you ever did was die