verse 1 
      G             C/G   G  C/G 
Is it ever gonna be easy 
       G              C/G      G  C/G 
Try so hard, please release me 
           Bm 
I know the hum of your voice should be the sweetest sound 
    C                                                    G  C/G  G  C/G 
But I could never really get your feet up off the ground 

verse 2 
      G             C/G  G  C/G 
Is it ever gonna be easy 
       G              C/G      G  C/G 
Try so hard, please release me 
            Bm 
You got the softest lips but the sharpest mouth 
       C                                                  G  C/G  G  C/G 
Always ready with a hundred different ways to cut me down 

Bridge 
       Bm 
Get my back on straight, keep my feet faced forward 
                  C 
Stick my hands up high 
                   Bm 
Let the light give way on the hardest day 
                C   N.C. 
Then I hear you say 

verse 3 
      G             C/G  G  C/G 
Is it ever gonna be easy 
       G              C/G      G  C/G 
Try so hard, please release me 
       Bm 
Try to reach for your hand, but there's no colder touch 
       C                                              G  C/G  G  C/G 
Try to be a better man, but I don't try all that much 


[Refrão]
      G             C/G  G  C/G 
Is it ever gonna be easy 
      C 
Is it ever gonna be easy 
      D                D7 
Is it ever gonna be easy 
N.C.           G  C/G  G  C/G 
Please release me 

Interlude 
Dm  G x2 
Bm  Am  G  C/G  G  C/G 

Bridge 2 
               Bm 
Try to say the things that I said before 
                    C 
That would make you smile 
                  Bm 
But the language, babe, that we used to speak 
                C 
Has been dead a while 

Tag 
      G             C/G  G  C/G 
Is it ever gonna be easy 
      C             C/G  G  C/G 
Is it ever gonna be easy 
      C             C/G  G  C/G 
Is it ever gonna be easy 
      C             C/G  G 
Is it ever gonna be easy