There's No Easy Way Chords by James Ingram

[Start]

[Intro]
Eb Absus4 Ab Eb Ebsus4 Ab Eb
■  ■      ■  ■  ■      ■  ■ 


[Verse]
  Fm7                 
I held her close to me
Eb     Ab         Bb        Cm7   
'cause I know she breaks so easily
Abmaj7            Eb      
■      And then I told her
      Fm7     Eb                    Bbsus4  Eb 
But I knew no matter how I tried to console her
      Fm7                  Eb   
She'd just do the best she could
Ab                      Gm7  Cm7        Dbmaj7
But there are times the best is no damn good  


[Chorus]
       Bbsus4         Eb        Fm7 
And no matter how you try to be kind
Eb                     Ab              Cm7         
There's always still a part of you you leave behind
        Fsus4      
When it falls apart
           Abmaj7 Gm7    Fm7   Bbsus4     Eb    Ebsus4 Ab
There's no easy   way to break somebody's heart ■      ■ 


[Verse]
  Eb       Fm7               Gm7 
I lied and told her she'd be fine
          Abmaj7           Gm7    Cm7  Abmaj7
Though we both knew it was just a line ■     
         Gm7  
I had to do it
       Eb        Fm7  Eb          Bbsus4              Eb
'cause ■  I'd've said anything to help me get through it
     Fm7                    Eb  
Then she reached out for my hand


[Chorus]
        Abmaj7           Gm7  Cm7          Dbmaj7
And her simple touch was more than I could stand 
    Eb Bbsus4      Eb  
And I  had to turn away
         Fsus4        Eb  
'cause I knew all the hurt
             Abmaj7  G7       Cm7        
That she was feeling ■  I was feeling too
               Fsus4 F7   
'cause when it falls apart
           Abmaj7 Gm7    Fm7   Bbsus4     Eb   
There's no easy   way to break somebody's heart


[Verse]
                    Abm7 
She could've gotten angry
            Emaj7       Ebm7   Dbm7 
And made me feel like a guilty child
      B             Gbsus4        B    
But I realized that never was her style


[Chorus]
Dmaj7                 Bm7    
■     I wanted her to hurt me
        Gmaj7    Bm7    Em7   
And not treat me like a friend
                            D         
I wanted her to say there'd be someday
         Gmaj7                   Dbm7    Gb7  B    
I'd come crawling on my knees to ask her back again
        Bbm7         Eb            Abmaj7
But she acted like a lady 'til the end   
Bbsus4                Eb
■      Oh what a lady ■ 


[Verse]
Fm7                        Eb  
I thought that she'd break down
        Abmaj7 Ab        Gm7   Cm7    Dbmaj7
But she smiled at me and never made a sound 
Bbsus4          Eb                Fm7
And I guess she understood in her way


[Chorus]
           Eb           Abmaj7            C         Cm7
'cause her silence told me everything she could not say
        Fsus4      
When it falls apart
             Fm7  Gm7     Abmaj7
Well there's just no easy way   
Bmaj7           Bbm7 Abm7
There's just no easy way 


[Outro]
           Fm7  Gm7    Bbsus4           Eb    Ebsus4 Ab C
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart ■      ■  ■


[End]