Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Chords & Tabs

by Alton Ellis

[Intro]
B       C#m
B       C#m
B                           C#m                   
(Mmm) When you turn and you walk through that door
     B                  C#m      
(Ahh Aaaah) It hurts me sore, now
     B                       C#m 
(Ahh Aaaah) said it hurts me sore
B                                 C#m        
(Mmm) When you look at me and you say goodbye
     B                  C#m   
(Ahh Aaaah) You made me cry…..
     B                      C#m      
(Ahh Aaaah) said you made me cry…. mm

[Chorus 1]
B                               C#m          
(Mmmm) So listen to me, while I say.. to you…
B                            C#m           
(Breaking up) Breaking uuup (is hard to do)
          D#m                   C#m             
Everybody knows (Breaking up is hard to do) this

[Verse 2]
B                      C#m                          
(Mmm) I cannot let you go now, for my love is strong
     B                  C#m        
(Ahh Aaah) My love is so strong now
     B              C#m         
(Ahh Aaah) My love is so strong…

[Chorus 2]
B                             C#m            
(Mmmm) So listen to me, while I say.. to you…
          B         C#m                 D#m      C#m        
(breaking uuuup is hard to do, breaking uuuup is hard to do)

[Spoken Middle]
 B                                          
Say this baby ((If you’ve ever been in love,
C#m                                        
then you know just what I’m talking about))
B                                     
((You wake up and you’re love is gone,
        C#m                                    
and you realise, breaking up is so hard to do))

[Verse 3]
B                            C#m              
(Mmmm) When you look at me and you say goodbye
     B                 C#m  
(Ahh Aaah) You made me cry..
     B                        C#m  
(Ahh Aaah) I said you made me cry….

[Verse 4]
B                      C#m                         
(Mmm) I cannot let you go, for my love is so strong
     B                    C#m    
(Ahh Aaah) My looove is so strong
     B                              C#m        
(Ahh Aaah) And if you leave, I will surely die…

[Chorus 3]
B                               C#m          
(Mmmm) So listen to me, while I say.. to you…
          B                      C#m         
(breaking uuuup) Breakin’ up (is hard to do),
          D#m                      C#m        
Everybody knows (breaking uuuup is hard to do)
          B                                        C#m        
They know this (breaking uuuup) They know this (is hard to do)
          B        C#m        
(breaking uuuup is hard to do)