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What Hurts the Most

The song was inspired by Jeffrey Steeles personal experiences of losing his father when he was young, and later, his girlfriend in a car accident. These events led him to reflect on how painful it is to lose someone without having the chance to say everything youd like to.

Key: G

Introduction:  Em   D   C9  

difficulty
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 Em7               D                        C9 
 I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house,
              D 
That don' t bother me,
 Em7                 D                           C 
 I can take a few tears now and then and just let em out,
      D          C9 
I' m not       afraid to cry every once in a while,
  D           Em7 
Even though goin on with you gone, still upsets me,
 C9 
There are days every now and again, I pretend I' m ok,
               D 
But that' s a not what gets me

 Em                   D    C9 
   What hurts the most,      was being so close,
 G                           C  D 
 And having so much to say,    and watching you walk away,
 Em                 D    C9 
   And never knowin' ,        what could' ve been,
 G                          D4          D              Em7    D    C9 
 And not seein that lovin you, is what I was tryin to do

 Em7                             D                      C9 
   It' s hard to deal with the pain of losin you everywhere I go,
           D 
But I' m doin'  it,
 Em7                           D                        C9 
   It' s hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I' m alone,
         D 
Still harder,
 C9                                   D 
Gettin up, gettin dressed, livin with this regret,
     Em7                        D     C9 
But I know if I could do it over,     I would trade, give away
                                                  D 
All the words that I saved in my heart that I left unspoken

 Em                   D    C9 
   What hurts the most,      is being so close,
 G                          C  D 
 And having so much to say,   and watching you walk away,
 Em                 D    C9 
   And never knowin' ,        what could' ve been,
 G                          D4          D               C  D  C 
 And not seein that lovin you, is what I was tryin to do

 Em    D    C9      Em    D    C9 
                Hey

 Em                   D    C9 
   What hurts the most,      was being so close,
 G                            C    D                              Ebm    Em 
 And having so much to say,(to say)  and watching you walk away,
 Em                 D    C9 
   And never knowin' ,        what could' ve been,
 G                      C     D                    G       C9 
 And not seein that lovin you, is what I was tryin to do,
                           D                               Em7    D    C9    Em7    D    C9 
And not seein that lovin you, That' s what I was tryin to do.
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