Biography:
James Ingram (born James Edward Ingram on 16 February 1952 in Akron, Ohio; died 29 January 2019) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song.
Ingram went from playing local bars with Revelation Funk to Los Angeles, where he landed the types of gigs that most aspiring musicians only dream about: singing background vocals
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There`s No Easy Way To Break Somebody`s Heart- James Ingram
[Verse]
D-Em7 F#m
I held her close to me
G A/G F#m Bm-G
Coz I know she breaks so easily
F#m
And then I told her
Em F#m G/A
But I knew no matter how I tried to console her
D Em F#m
She'd just do the best she could
G A/G F#m Bm C(M7)
But there are times the best is no damn good
A(7) D Em
And no matter how you try to be kind
F#m G F# Bm
There's always still a part of you you'll leave behind
E
When it falls apart
[Chorus]
G F#m Em A
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart. D Back to Intro
D Em7 F#m
I lied and told her she'll be fine
G A/G F#m Bm-G
Though we both knew it was just a lie
F#m
I had to do it
Em F#m G
Coz I had said anything to help me get through it.
[Verse]
D Em F#m
And she reached out for my hand
G A/G F#m Bm
And her simple touch was more than I could
Stand C(M7)
A(7) D Em
And I had to turn away coz I knew
F#m G F#
All the hurt that she was feeling, I was
Bm
feeling too
E
Coz when it falls apart
[Chorus]
G F#m Em A
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart.
C-Bb Gm
She could've gotten angry
Eb Dm Cm
And made me feel like a guilty child
Cm Dm F Bb
But I realized that never was her style
C-C# Bbm
I wanted her to hurt me
F# Fm Ebm
And not treat me like a friend
Ebm Fm
I wanted her to say "there'd be someday
F# Cm7
I'd come crawling on my knees to ask her
F Bb
back again"
Am D(7) G
But she acted like a lady till the end
A7sus A7
Oh, what a lady!
[Verse]
D Em7 F#m
I thought that she'd bring down
G A/G F#m Bm
But she smiled at me and never made a
CM7
Sound
A(7) D Em
And I guess she understood in her way
F#m G F#
Coz her silence told me everything she
Bm
could not say
E
When it falls apart
[Chorus]
Well There's no easy way to break
Bb Am Gm
There's just no easy way
Em F#m G/A
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart...D7sus G(/D) Daug B
[Verse]
D-Em7 F#m
I held her close to me
G A/G F#m Bm-G
Coz I know she breaks so easily
F#m
And then I told her
Em F#m G/A
But I knew no matter how I tried to console her
D Em F#m
She'd just do the best she could
G A/G F#m Bm C(M7)
But there are times the best is no damn good
A(7) D Em
And no matter how you try to be kind
F#m G F# Bm
There's always still a part of you you'll leave behind
E
When it falls apart
[Chorus]
G F#m Em A
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart. D Back to Intro
D Em7 F#m
I lied and told her she'll be fine
G A/G F#m Bm-G
Though we both knew it was just a lie
F#m
I had to do it
Em F#m G
Coz I had said anything to help me get through it.
[Verse]
D Em F#m
And she reached out for my hand
G A/G F#m Bm
And her simple touch was more than I could
Stand C(M7)
A(7) D Em
And I had to turn away coz I knew
F#m G F#
All the hurt that she was feeling, I was
Bm
feeling too
E
Coz when it falls apart
[Chorus]
G F#m Em A
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart.
C-Bb Gm
She could've gotten angry
Eb Dm Cm
And made me feel like a guilty child
Cm Dm F Bb
But I realized that never was her style
C-C# Bbm
I wanted her to hurt me
F# Fm Ebm
And not treat me like a friend
Ebm Fm
I wanted her to say "there'd be someday
F# Cm7
I'd come crawling on my knees to ask her
F Bb
back again"
Am D(7) G
But she acted like a lady till the end
A7sus A7
Oh, what a lady!
[Verse]
D Em7 F#m
I thought that she'd bring down
G A/G F#m Bm
But she smiled at me and never made a
CM7
Sound
A(7) D Em
And I guess she understood in her way
F#m G F#
Coz her silence told me everything she
Bm
could not say
E
When it falls apart
[Chorus]
Well There's no easy way to break
Bb Am Gm
There's just no easy way
Em F#m G/A
There's no easy way to break somebody's heart...D7sus G(/D) Daug B
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