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Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word

Blue Moves · Elton John

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BbEbm7Cm/EbGm/DAm7b5D7sus4D7Gm
GmWhat have I got to Bb/Fdo to make you lCm7+9ove me
FWhat have I got to do to make you Bbcare Adim Cdim
GmWhat do I Bb/Fdo when lightning sCm7+9trikes me
FAnd I wake to find that you're not Bbthere Adim Cdim
GmWhat do I Bb/Fdo to make you wCm7+9ant me
FWhat have I got to do to be Bbheard Adim Cdim
GmWhat do I Gm7+9say when it's all Cm7+9over
FSorry seems to be the hardest Bbword F
Eb/GIt's sad, D/F#it's so sad
Bb/FIt's a sad, sad sEm7b5ituation
Cm/EbAnd it's getting D7more and more absurd Gm Am7b5 D7
Eb/GIt's sad,D/F# so sad
Bb/FWhy can't we talk it oC7/Ever
EbOh it seems to me
Cm7That sorry seems to D7be the hardest word Gm
Instrumental
Repeat Chorus
GmWhat do I Bb/Fdo to make you Cm7+9love me
F7What have I got to do to be Bbheard Adim Cdim
GmWhat do I do when lightning Cmstrikes me
Am7b5What have I got to D7do
GmWhat have I got to Cmdo
Am7b5sorry seems to bDe the hardest word
BbEbm7Cm/EbGm/DAm7b5D7sus4D7Gm

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Visitor comments from the original site (2009–2021).

  • James Bevan · 2019-04-22

    HI, I appreciate this site and hope you don't mind my input - Adim into Cdim isn't really much different to Am7b5 into D7. 1st of those chords is more or less the same anyway - Adim is Amb5 and I think it works nicely going into D7. I tend to run with the Am7b5 D7 all the way through if you see what I mean.

  • Ian · 2020-01-24

    If you look at what he's calling the Cdim, it's probably more of a D7b9 (D,F#,A,C,Eb) which is a Cdim spelled differently - and the added D root (C,Eb,Gb,A = C,Eb,F#,A). I always think on 7b9 chords as a diminished chord in the RH and a different note (root) in the left. Also from a chord function POV - it's ii (half dim) to V (with the added b9) of G - which Elton uses as a deceptive resolution going to a G in the bass - as expected - but an Eb triad above. Very cool!