Children Of Eden – The Hardest Part Of Love chords

http://www.musicalschwartz.com/children-of-eden.htm

This is the chord chart for the Broadway Musical "Children of Eden". This is one of my
favorite songs and I wanted to play it on my piano but there weren't any chords for it
(obviously.. it's from a musical) But I figured out the chords to it for anyone who 
would like to play it on their instrument of choice.


Intro:
E	D2/E	C#m/E	D2/E

Verse 1:
     	  E	      D2/EOh this son of mine I love so well
    C#m/E           D2/EAnd all the toil it takes
     E		   C#m7I’d give to him a garden
     D		       Eand keep it clear of snakes
        G#m		      ABut the one thing he most treasures
       B	      C#m    	   F#mIs to make his own mistakes - ohhh

     	   E	         D2/EHe goes charging on the cliffs of life
   C#m/E           D2/EA reckless mountaineer
	  E	         C#m7I could help him not to stumble
         D		  EI could warn him what to fear
         G#m		AI could shout until I’m breathless
	  B              C#m	      F#mAnd he’d still refuse to hear - ohhh

Chorus:
         F#m     Amaj7 	 BBut you cannot close the acorn
         G#m7	       C#mOnce the oak begins to grow
         G#m   G#m7	  C#m7And you cannot close your heart
	    F#m	      A7       BTo what it fears and needs to know
	  G#m     A   C#m  BThat the hardest part of love
	       EIs the letting go

Verse 2:
	E	      D2/EAs a child I found a sparrow
	 C#m/E           D2/EWho had fallen from the nest
	E		  C#m7And I nursed him back to health
       	      D		       ETill he was stronger than the rest
     G#m	     ABut when I tried to hold it
          B	              C#mIt would peck and scratch my chest
	     F#mTill I let it go

  	E	     D2/EAnd I watched it fly away from me
          C#m/E            D2/EWith its brightened self resolve
     E		    C#m7And part of me was cursing
         D		  EI had helped it grow so strong
       G#m                 AAnd I feared it might go hungry
	B	          C#m        F#mAnd I feared it might go wrong - ohhh

Chorus:
       F#m       A7 	   BBut I could not close the acorn
	 G#m7	       C#mOnce the oak began to grow
      G#m    G#m7     C#m7And I cannot close my heart
	    F#m	      A7	BTo what it fears and needs to know
	   G#m    A  C#m  BThat the hardest part of love
	        EIs the letting go

E    D2/E   C#m/E    D2/E

  	  E	 D2/EAnd it’s only in Eden
        C#m/E           D2/EGrows a rose without a thorn
          E	            C#m7And your children start to leave you
        D		   EOn the day that they were born
           G#m	              AThey will leave you there to cheer for them
	   B	             C#m        F#mThey will leave you there to mourn ever so

  	E         D2/ELike an ark on uncharted seas
      C#m/E           D2/ETheir lives will be tossed
     E		   C#m7And deeper is your love for them
    D               EThe crueler is the cost
    G#m		             AAnd just when they start to find themselves
    B	                 C#m        F#mIs when you fear they’re lost - ohhh

Chorus:
         F#m   Amaj7 	 BBut you cannot close the acorn
         G#m7	       C#mOnce the oak begins to grow
         G#m   G#m7	  C#m7And you cannot close your heart
	    F#m	      A7       BTo what it fears and needs to know
	  G#m     A   C#m  BThat the hardest part of love
        G#m    A   C#m	BAnd the rarest part of love
        C#m	       A  BAnd the truest part of love
               EIs the letting go