Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Words and Music by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield
Intro: Ab Fm Db Eb
Ab Fm Db
Down, doobie doo down down
Eb
Come-a, come-a
Ab Fm Db
Down, doobie doo down down
Eb
Come-a, come-a
Ab Fm Db
Down, doobie doo down down
Eb
Come-a, come-a
Ab Fm Db
Down, doobie doo down down
Eb
Come-a, come-a
Ab Db Ab
Down, doobie doo down
Ab Fm Db Eb
Don’t take your love away from me,
Ab Fm Db Eb
Don’t you leave my heart in misery,
Ab C7/G Fm
If you go then I’ll be blue,
Bb7 Eb7
Cause breaking up is hard to do.
Ab Fm Db Eb
Remember when you held me tight
Ab Fm Db Eb
And you kissed me all through the night?
Ab C7/G Fm
Think of all that we’ve been through
Bb7 Eb7 Ab
Cause breaking up is hard to do.
Abm7 Db7 Abm7 Db7
They say that breaking up is hard to do,
Gb Gbmaj7 Gb6 Gbmaj7
Now I know, I know that it’s true
Gbm7 B7 Gbm7 B7
Don’t say that this is the end
E
Instead of breaking up I wish that
Eb [N.C.]
We were making up again
Ab Fm Db Eb
I beg of you, don’t say goodbye.
Ab Fm Db Eb
Can’t we give our love another try?
Ab C7/G Fm
Come on, baby, let’s start anew,
Bb7 Eb7 Ab
Cause breaking up is hard to do.
Abm7 Db7 Abm7 Db7
They say that breaking up is hard to do,
Gb Gbmaj7 Gb6 Gbmaj7
Now I know, I know that it’s true
Gbm7 B7 Gbm7 B7
Don’t say that this is the end
E
Instead of breaking up I wish that
Eb [N.C.]
We were making up again
A Gbm D E
I beg of you, don’t say goodbye.
A Gbm D E
Can’t we give our love another try?
A Db7/Ab Gbm
Come on, baby, let’s start anew,
B7 E7 A
Cause breaking up is hard to do
A Gbm D
Doobie doo down down,
E
Come-a, come-a
A Gbm D
Down doobie doo down down
E
Come-a, come-a
A Gbm D
Down doobie doo down down
E
Come-a, come-a
A Gbm D
Down doobie doo down down
E
Come-a, come-a
A Gbm D
Down doobie doo down down (Breaking up is hard to do)
E
Come-a, come-a
A Gbm D
Down doobie doo down down (Breaking up is hard to do)
REPEAT AND FADE
