Make It Easy On Yourself

Dionne Warwick

(Burt Bacharach - Hal David)



[Note: This arrangement is from the Walker Brothers' 1965 hit. Yes, I know

that Jerry Butler and Dionne Warwick both recorded it earlier...]



Intro:



(strings):



C#m7 F#m7 Dmaj7 Bm7/E

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /



Dmaj7 Bm7 E7 Amaj7 B13 B7 1

Oh, breaking up is so very hard to do [797897] [79780x]



Verse 1:



E C#m

If you really love him

E C#m C#

And there's nothing I can do

E E+

Don't try to spare my feelings

C#m7 Bm7/E

Just tell me that we're through



Chorus 1:



Bm7 Bm7/E C#m7 F#m7

And make it easy on yourself

Dmaj7 Bm7/E C#m7 F#m7

Make it easy on yourself

Dmaj7 Bm7 E7 Amaj7

'Cause breaking up is so very hard to do



[1: B13 B7 2: Bm7/E 3: to coda 4: to string tag]



Verse 2:



And if the way I hold him

Can't compare to his caress

No words of consolation

Will make me miss you less



Chorus 2:



My darling, if this is goodbye

I just know I'm gonna cry

So run to him

Before you start crying too



[repeat chorus 1]



Coda:



(Amaj7) C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7/E Amaj7 Bm7/E

Oh, baby, it's so hard to do



[repeat chorus 1; ritard. on final line]



String tag:



Amaj7 Bm7/E Amaj7

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /



-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers