Track 05
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Hmm... that rare thing for me... a confessional.... written for Sheila when I was in China in October and she was stuck in New Cross on her own...
music and lyrics by Martin Stirrup 2011
Please don’t take it so hard
C Am F maj7 G
Sometimes I get thoughtless get hung up on getting by
C Am F maj7 G
Sometimes I might seem lost in another place and time
Em7 Am F G
But you know that my love for you is still the greater part
Dm F C
So please don’t take it so hard
If I seem lost to you and sinking ‘neath the load
Remember its just a moment on a long and winding road
That’s just my head you know you’re always in my heart
So please don’t take it so hard
Dm G
If I seem......... composed and so self secure
Em C
It’s only in the safety of your love
Dm G
You are the one who makes it all endurable
F G
I need you there when push comes to shove
So please.... be there to ease me through the time
I let my troubles slip beneath my guard
I need your love to take it up to the sublime
So please don’t take it so hard
Instrumental verse
So please don’t take it so hard
If you draw a way the sun goes from my day
The stormy clouds they gather up above
I don’t know what I’d be if you took your love from me
I need you there when push comes to shove
So if I stray in a thoughtless careless way
A simple word will bring me back in line
Your gentleness is the power of my heart
So please don’t take it so hard
Em Am Em Am
You know I love you always have and always will
F G
You’re the one, the ace the final card
Em Am
If I’m thoughtless as I will be
Em Am
–you know I’ll always answer ‘guilty’
Dm Em
So please don’t take it so hard
Dm F
So please don’t take it
Dm F
You know we’ll always make it
Dm F C
So please don’t take it so hard