Key: A
Introduction:
D Fº
Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass
Em7 A7
You know his faults, now let the foibles pass
D Fº
Life is one long enigma, my friend
Em7 A7 D
So read on, read on, the answer's at the end
Bb C F Am
Don't be so hard on the ones that you love
Bb C Em7 A
It's the ones that you love we think so little of
Bb C F Am
Don't be so hard on the ones that you need
Bb C Em7 A
It's the ones that you need we think so little of
The speech of flowers excels the flowers of speech
Em A Em A
Oh, we think so little of the ones that we love, sometimes
Em
Isn't it a pity how we hurt
A
The ones that we love the most of all
Em A
The ones we shouldn't hurt at all
D Fº
You know my faults, now let the foibles pass
'Cause life is one long enigma, my friend