The Hardest Word Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F][C][G][C]
[G][C][Csus4][C]
[F][Gsus4][G][C]
[F][Gsus4]
[G]

[Verse 1]
(kirsty [C]maccoll hamish maccoll)

[Verse 2]
With me in the valley you [C]out on the hill
I can just see you if [F]I close
my [Gsus4]eyes[G]
[C]Climbing [G]those [C]mountains I picture you still
I see your smile just as [F]I
saw [G]the sun[C]rise
This land is ancient it's
built out of bones
At war with each other,
the [F]mother, the [G]father
The [C]sisters, the brothers,
the daughters and sons
Be kind to each other,
your [F]father, your [Gsus4]mother[G]

[Verse 3]
[C]On the horizon the eagles are flying
And I mean no [G]more than
a [F]cloud in [C]the sky[G]
[C]I never kno[G]w if I'm[C] laughing
or crying
The hardest word is [F]the word [G]good[C]bye
Teach me the old ways I'm ready to learn
Be kind to the sister, be [F]kind to the [C]brother
[G]The[C] writer, the[G] sin[C]ger,
the poet, the clown
Be good to the man and be [F]kind to them [G]all
[C]And we are ancient built from bones
Make time for the young
and make [F]time for the [C]old
[G]Be kind to each other oh[C]
that's what I know
Be kind to the mothers,
[F]daughters and [C]son[G]s

[Interlude 1]
[C][F][C][F][G][C]
[F][C][F][G][Gsus4]
[G]

[Verse 4]
The [C]true and the great and
the scared and the small
Be kind to each other,
be [F]kind to them [G]all
Forgive our indignity and we [C]forgive yours
As I am the [G]mother[C], y[F]ou are the fath[G]er
En[C]twined in each other, now and forever
The fathers of [F]daughters,
the mothers of [G]sons
[C]Forever and ever and ever as one
As we are the [F]fathers, [C]we [F]are the son[G]s
And [C]we are the daughters,
the mothers and brothers
[F]Forever [C]and ever and e[F]ver as o[C]ne[G]

[Outro 1]
[C][Csus4][C][F][C]
[F][C][F][G][C][F][G]
[C][G][F][G][C]
[G][C][F][G][C]
[F][C][F]