HARD HABIT TO BREAK
Chicago
(S. Kipner/J. Parker)
Arranged by David Foster
Strings Arranged by Jeremy Lubbock

Intro:  F#  Ebm 



F#                                                       Ebm          

I guess I thought you'd be here forever

Another illusion I chose to create

        B                                    F#     Ebm

You don't know what ya got until it's gone

          B                                  C#   D  E

And I found out just a little too late

         A                                                       F#m

I was acting as if you were lucky to have me

                                                                D

Doin' you a favor I hardly knew you were there

                                               A       F#m

But then you were gone and it was all wrong

       Bm                           E     F G

Had no idea how much I cared



Chorus:

         C                      

Now being without you

             Em                          F

Takes a lot of getting used to

                                       Fm

Should learn to live with it

But I don't want to

C                   

Living without you

    Em

Is all a big mistake

     F     

Instead of getting easier

           Fm

It's the hardest thing to take

           G

I'm addicted to ya babe

              G#   Bb        C        

You're a hard habit to break

You found someone else you had every reason

You know I can't blame you for runnin' to him

Two people together but living alone

I was spreading my love too thin

After all of these years

I'm still tryin' to shake it

Doin' much better they say that it just takes time

But deep in the night it's an endless flight

I can't get ya out of my mind

Chorus



2nd Chorus

     C#                      

Being without you

            Fm                          F#

Takes a lot of getting used to

                                       F#m

Should learn to live with it

I don't want to

C#

Being without you

    Fm

Is all a big mistake

     F#

Instead of getting any easier

            F#m

It's the hardest thing to take

          G#

I'm addicted to you

              A     B         C#

You're a hard habit to break

This song is lovingly dedicated to 
Jocelyn
"for giving me eighteen wonderful years of marriage
...unselfishly and unconditionally."

From  Gentry