C  G F   G C  G  F   G

[Verse 1]
C                  G
Seems it was just awhile ago
C                     F
All of my friends and I
C                   Dm7
Went to each others weddings
    F                    G
And stood by each others side
           C      F   G C   F   G
And became brides


[Verse 2]
C                       G
Talking on the phone to Kurt today
   C                         F
He said that he and Liz were through
    C                                Dm7
And by the way that things have been going
         F                       Am
He could tell if they were overdue


[Verse 3]
    Em                  Am
For every other married pair of us
     Em               Am
That already split in two
Dm7                       F
Each of us living our own lives alone
   Am                    Dm7
Or sleeping with someone new
F
Ain't it true


[Chorus]
          C    G         Dm7
These are hard times for lovers
Am       G           Dm7
Everyone wants to be free
            C    G         Dm7
Ain't these hard times for lovers
Am       G          F        Am  F
Everyone singing, I gotta be me___
        C    F   G C   F
Without you


[Verse 4]
G    C                      G
Now, honey, I'm supposed to tell you
     C                 F
I've got to live for today
    C                       Dm7
And don't you know it is my lifetime
     F                     Am
I've got to live it my own way


[Verse 5]
    Em                   Am
But lately, I can't help thinking
Em            Am
I reap what I sow
    Dm7            F
For all of my holy freedom
Am                 Dm7
What have I got to show
F
I don't know


[Chorus]
          C    G         Dm7
These are hard times for lovers
Am       G           Dm7
Everyone wants to be free
            C    G         Dm7
Ain't these hard times for lovers
Am       G          F        Am  F
Everyone singing, I gotta be me___
        C    F   G C   F
Without you


[Verse 6]
    Em                   Am
But lately, I can't help thinking
Em            Am
I reap what I sow
    Dm7            F
For all of my holy freedom
Am                 Dm7
What have I got to show
F
I don't know


[Chorus]
          C    G         Dm7
These are hard times for lovers
Am       G           Dm7
Everyone wants to be free
            C    G         Dm7
Ain't these hard times for lovers
Am       G          F        Am  F
Everyone singing, I gotta be me___
        C    F
Without you


[Chorus]      (fade to end)
            C    G         Dm7
Ain't these hard times for lovers
Am       G           Dm7
Everyone wants to be free
            C    G         Dm7
Ain't these hard times for lovers
Am       G          F        Am  F
Everyone singing, I gotta be me___