Dean Lewis – The Hardest Love Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Dean Lewis – The Hardest Love Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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ChordsDbGbBbmAbFm

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[Verse 1]
      Db
I was drivin'
Through your neighborhood
    Gb
 at night
                        Db
And I saw you by your window
                     Gb
And you ran to me outside

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And I watched you put your
 Bbm      Ab
 suitcase in my car
           Db
You smiled back at me
Gb
You said "The hardest love
                   Bbm
is worth the fall" (Mm)
Ab                          Gb
"But your fall is worth the fee"

[Chorus]
Do you know it ain't hard
     Db
to love you?
                             Gb
You're not afraid of who you are
                          Db
I stopped lookin' for the answers
                   Db
'Cause you gave me all your love
            Bbm
But, oh, my girl
                     Ab
Won't you close your eyes?
Db         Gb
You've got work in the mornin'
    Db Gb Bbm
And I, I, I
     Ab                Gb
Need you to close your eyes

[Verse 2]
      Db
And I remember
                          Gb
We were laying on the floor
Db
When the doctor said
They hadn't seen somethin'
           Gb
like this before (Mm)
Bbm
And I held you tight
Ab
And you looked in my eyes
          Gb
 and said "Easy come

But I'm scared till you go"
           Bbm
You're not alone
     Ab
That darkness has got to
      Db
get through me

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[Chorus]
Do you know it ain't hard
     Db
to love you?
                             Gb
You're not afraid of who you are
                          Db
I stopped lookin' for the answers
                   Db
'Cause you gave me all your love
            Bbm
But, oh, my girl
                     Ab
Won't you close your eyes?
Db         Gb
You've got work in the mornin'
    Db Gb Bbm
And I, I, I
     Ab                Gb
Need you to close your eyes

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[Bridge]
             Ab             Bbm
'Cause all I needed was one year
         Gb
of your light (Oh, oh-oh)
                Ab
Do you know you saved me
          Bbm               Db
when you came into my life?
Gb       Ab
We ain't goin' nowhere
          Bbm            Db  Gb
till the sun goes down (Mm-mm-mm)
        Ab
I'm not leavin', I still
  Bbm              Db Gb
 see you in the clouds
           Ab      Bbm
And oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh,
    Gb
 oh-oh (Oh, oh-oh)
           Ab     Bbm
And oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh,
    Gb
oh-oh, oh-oh

[Horn Interlude]
Ab Bbm Gb Db
Ab Bbm Gb Ab Db

[Outro]
                      Db
It was never hard to love you
                              Db
You weren't afraid of who you were
                            Db
I stopped looking for the answers
                   Db
'Cause you gave me all your love
            Bbm
But, oh, my girl
                     Fm
Won't you close your eyes?

How to play The Hardest Love: key, chords and progression

These are The Hardest Love chords by Dean Lewis on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play The Hardest Love by Dean Lewis, think in D♭ major (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭). It takes 5 chords: Db, Gb, Bbm, Ab and Fm.

The backbone of the song is Db – Gb – Bbm – Ab (I – IV – vi – V in D♭ major), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V. In solfa, that is doh – fah – lah – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes C, F, Am, G, Em (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Db chord on guitar (x46664)
D♭D♭ F A♭
Gb chord on guitar (244322)
G♭G♭ B♭ D♭
Bbm chord on guitar (x13321)
B♭mB♭ D♭ F
Ab chord on guitar (466544)
A♭A♭ C E♭
Fm chord on guitar (133111)
FmF A♭ C

Need another chord or a different shape? Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator.

The Hardest Love chords: questions

What key is The Hardest Love in?

The Hardest Love by Dean Lewis is in the key of D♭ major (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭).

What chords are in The Hardest Love?

The Hardest Love uses 5 chords: Db, Gb, Bbm, Ab, Fm.

What is the chord progression of The Hardest Love?

The main progression is Db – Gb – Bbm – Ab (I – IV – vi – V), a pop progression that moves to the vi before resolving through V.

Is The Hardest Love easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes C, F, Am, G, Em (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo).

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