Lyrics of Make it easy on yourself

Make it easy on yourself
Dionne warwick
(burt bacharach - hal david)

(note: this arrangement is from the walker brothers' 1965 hit. yes, i know
That jerry butler and dionne warwick both recorded it earlier...)

Intro:

(strings):

C#m7 f#m7 dmaj7 bm7/e
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Dmaj7 bm7 e7 amaj7 b13 b7 1
Oh, breaking up is so very hard to do (797897) (79780x)

Verse 1:

E c#m
If you really love him
E c#m c#
And there's nothing i can do
E e+
Don't try to spare my feelings
C#m7 bm7/e
Just tell me that we're through

Chorus 1:

Bm7 bm7/e c#m7 f#m7
And make it easy on yourself
Dmaj7 bm7/e c#m7 f#m7
Make it easy on yourself
Dmaj7 bm7 e7 amaj7
'cause breaking up is so very hard to do

(1: b13 b7 2: bm7/e 3: to coda 4: to string tag)

Verse 2:

And if the way i hold him
Can't compare to his caress
No words of consolation
Will make me miss you less

Chorus 2:

My darling, if this is goodbye
I just know i'm gonna cry
So run to him
Before you start crying too

(repeat chorus 1)

Coda:

(amaj7) c#m7 dmaj7 c#m7/e amaj7 bm7/e
Oh, baby, it's so hard to do

(repeat chorus 1; ritard. on final line)

String tag:

Amaj7 bm7/e amaj7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

-- another ace 60's tab from andrew rogers