C               Bb                 F
Now I don't wanna make you feel no way
C               Bb                 F
For there's harder days to come I say
C               Bb                 F
But if you asked me would I stay the night
C               Bb                 F
You know that I would surely say okay
C               Bb                 F
I don't want you feeling like you're being played
C               Bb                 F
Because my baby you know I love your way
C               Bb                 F
And if there's something that I should say
C               Bb                 F
Well it might just be that

[Chorus]
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love
C
Is harder then you think
       Bb                 F
Trying to swim and not to sink ,yeah
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love
C
Is not as easy as it looks
       Bb                 F
Even when you've read your books, oh
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love
C
Is harder then you think
       Bb                 F
Trying to swim and not to sink, yeah
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love, oh

[Verse 2]
C               Bb                 F
Now if you stayed another day with me
C               Bb                 F
I'd show you all the thing that we could be
C               Bb                 F
But in the morning if i had to leave
C               Bb                 F
Will I find your tears upon my sleeve?
C               Bb                 F
Now everything is everything and that's the truth
C               Bb                 F
But I'll take time to work this out with you
C               Bb                 F
And even if we gotta say goodbye
C               Bb                 F
You know it ain't because we didn't try
C               Bb                 F
It's just sometimes that

[Chorus]
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love
C
Is harder then you think
       Bb                 F
Trying to swim and not to sink ,yeah
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love
C
Is not as easy as it looks
       Bb                 F
Even when you've read your books, oh
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love
C
It's worth it in the end
       Bb                 F
To find a lover and a friend
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love
C               Bb        F
Striking up a love, oh