"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
(Neil Sedaka / Howard Greenfield)

Intro (acapella w/drums and handclaps until indicated):

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Down doobee-do-down-down
B   E  B [N.C.]
Breaking up is hard to do

Verse 1:

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Don't take your love     away from me
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  F#F# Piano Chord 

Don't you leave my heart in misery
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    G#mG#m Piano Chord 

If you go then I'll be blue
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'Cause breaking up is hard to do

Verse 2:

Remember when you held me tight
And you kissed me all through the night
Think of all that we've been through
C#7            F#7    B  [N.C.]
And breaking up is hard to do

Bridge:

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They say that breaking up is hard to do
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Now I know, I know that it's true
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Don't say that this is the end
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Instead of breaking up I wish that we were making up again

Verse 3 [chords as per verse 2]:

I beg of you, don't say goodbye
Can't we give our love another try
Come on baby, let's start anew
'Cause breaking up is hard to do

[repeat bridge; backup vocalists sing lines 1 and 3]

[repeat verse 3]

Coda [repeat to fade]:

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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers