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                Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word - Elton John
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Written by: Elton John/Bernie Taupin
From: “Blue Moves” (1976)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Capo: 3rd fret
Play: Em
Key: Gm
For chords in original key transpose this tab +3 steps (and "use flats").

If you want to get a rough idea of what this tab sounds like,
check it out here: 
-soundcloud-/maguri/sorry-seems-to-be-the-hardest-1

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* [Intro]
  Em7     Em6    Cmaj7/E   Em       Am               Bsus4   B       
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|------------320-|----------------|0---0-----------|
B|3---3---2---2---|1---1---0---0---|1---1-----------|0---0---4---4---|
G|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0-------|2---2-12--------|4-------4---4---|
D|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2-------|2---2-h-2-------|--4---4-4-4---4-|
A|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-3-2-0-|2-------2-------|
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|

** Turnaround in the verses/choruses
  G    F#m7-5 B7sus4
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|3---3---x---0---|
B|0---0---1-0-0-4-|
G|0---0---2---2---|
D|0---0---2---x---|
A|x---x---x---2---|
E|3---3---2-------|

*** Transition to chorus
  G       D/F#
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|x---x-----------|
B|0---0-------3-0-|
G|0---0---2-0-2---|
D|0---0---0-------|
A|x---x---x-------|
E|3---3---2-------|

**** [Coda]
  Em7     Em6    Cmaj7/E       Em   Am(6)   B7       Em7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|0
B|3---3---2---2---|1---1---0---0---|1-------0-------|3
G|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---2---|2-----------2---|0
D|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|2---4---1---1---|2
A|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|0-------2-------|2
E|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|0

| x  dampened string
| h  hammer-on

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SPECIAL CHORDS / VOICINGS

[Intro]/ [Outro]
            E-A-D-G-B-e
Em7         0-2-2-0-3-x
Em6         0-2-2-0-2-x
Em(b13)     0-2-2-0-1-x (= Cmaj7/B in the chord sheet)
Em          0-2-2-0-0-x
Bsus4       x-2-4-4-0-0
B           x-2-4-4-4-x

[Verse] / [Chorus]
F#m7-5    2-x-2-2-1-x
D/F#      2-x-0-2-3-x
Bsus4     x-2-4-4-0-0
B         x-2-4-4-4-x

[Chorus]
C/E       x-x-2-0-1-0
B7/D#     x-x-1-2-0(0)
Em/D      x-x-0-0-0-0
A/C#      x-4-2-2-2(0)

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[Intro]
| Em7 Em6 | Cmaj7/E Em | Am | Bsus4 B |
  (see tab section: *)

[Verse 1]
Em                        Em7      Am        
 What have I got to do to make you love me
D                         D7      |G      F#m7-5  B7sus4 |
 What have I got to do to make you care  (see tab section: **)
Em         Em7               Am        
 What do I do when lightning strikes me
D                        D7        |G      F#m7-5  B7sus4 |
 And I wake to find that you're not there  (see tab section: **)

[Verse 2]
Em         Em7            Am        
 What do I do to make you want me
D                      D7   |G      F#m7-5  B7sus4 |
 What have I got to do to be heard  (see tab section: **)
Em         Em7               Am        
 What do I say when it's all over
    D                     D7    | G     D/F# |
And sorry seems to be the hardest word  (see tab section: ***)

[Chorus]
C/E       B7/D#
 It's sad,  so sad
Em/D              A/C#
  It's a sad, sad situation
C                Bsus4    B    | Em     F#m7-5  B7sus4 |
And it's getting more and more absurd  (see tab section: **)
C/E      B7/D#
 It's sad,  so sad
Em/D          A/C#
 Why can't we talk it over
C                  
Oh it seems to me
C/B    Am             B7sus4 B7      Em
  That sorry seems to be the hardest word

[Solo]
| Em Em7 | Am | D D7   | G  F#m7-5 B7sus4 |
                           (see tab section: **)
| Em Em7 | Am | D D7   | G  D/F# |
                       (see tab section: ***)
[Chorus]
C/E       B7/D#
 It's sad,  so sad
Em/D              A/C#
  It's a sad, sad situation
C                 Bsus4    B    | Em     F#m7-5  B7sus4 |
 And it's getting more and more absurd  (see tab section: **)
C/E      B7/D#
It's sad,  so sad
Em/D          A/C#
 Why can't we talk it over
C                  
Oh it seems to me
C/B    Am             B7sus4 B7      Em
  That sorry seems to be the hardest word

[Verse 3]
Em                        Am        
 What do I do to make you love me
D                    D7    |G      F#m7-5  B7sus4 |
 What have I got to do to be heard  (see tab section: **)
Em         Em7               Am        
 What do I do when lightning strikes me
F#m7-5             B7
What have I got to do
Em                 Asus2
What have I got to do
     F#m7-5         B7
When sorry seems to be 
           [ Em7 ]
The hardest word

[Coda]
| Em7 Em6 | Cmaj7/E Em | Am | B7sus4 B7 | Em7
 (see tab section: ****)
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