Chord Voicings:
Fm - XX0231
Cb - X13331
Cb/F - 3X333x
B7 - X02020
[Intro]
Fm Cb
e|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|------------3-------3-------3-------|---------3-------3-------3-------|
G|------------2-------2-------2-------|---2h3---3-------3-------3-------|
D|--------0-------0-------0-------0---|---------------------------------|
A|--0h3-------------------------------|---1---------1-------1-------0---|
E|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Cb/F B7
e|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------|
B|-------3--------3-------3-------|-------2-------2------------------------|-------|
G|-------3--------3-------3-------|-------0-------0----2---0h2p0-----------|-------|
D|--------------------------------|-------2-------2----------------3---2---|---0---|
A|--------------------------------|---0-------0----------------------------|-------|
E|---3--------3-------3-------3---|----------------------------------------|-------|
[Verse 1]
FmI was always working steady
CbBut I never called it art
Cb/FI got my shit together
B7Meeting Christ and reading Marx
FmIt failed my little fire
CbBut it's bright, the dying spark
Cb/FGo tell the young messiah
B7What happens to the heart
[Interlude]
||: Fm | Cb | Cb/F | B7 ||
[Verse 2]
FmThere's a mist of summer kisses
CbWhere I tried to double-park
Cb/FThe rivalry was vicious
B7The women were in charge
FmIt was nothing, it was business
CbBut it left an ugly mark
Cb/FI've come here to revisit
B7What happens to the heart
[Interlude]
||: Fm | Cb | Cb/F | B7 ||
[Verse 3]
FmI was selling holy trinkets
CbI was dressing kind of sharp
Cb/FHad a pussy in the kitchen
B7And a panther in the yard
FmIn the prison of the gifted
CbI was friendly with the guards
Cb/FSo I never had to witness
B7 CbWhat happens to the heart
[Interlude]
||: Cb/F | G | B7 ||
[Verse 4]
FmI should have seen it coming
CbAfter all I knew the chart
Cb/FJust to look at her was trouble
B7It was trouble from the start
FmSure we played a stunning couple
CbBut I never liked the part
Cb/FIt ain't pretty, it ain't subtle
B7What happens to the heart
[Interlude]
||: Fm | Cb | Cb/F | B7 ||
[Verse 5]
FmNow the angel's got a fiddle
CbThe devil's got a harp
Cb/FEvery soul is like a minnow
B7Every mind is like a shark
FmI've broken every window
CbBut the house, the house is dark
Cb/FI care but very little
B7What happens to the heart
[Interlude]
||: Fm | Cb | Cb/F | B7 ||
[Verse 6]
FmThen I studied with this beggar
CbHe was filthy, he was scarred
Cb/FBy the claws of many women
B7He had failed to disregard
FmNo fable here no lesson
CbNo singing meadowlark
Cb/FJust a filthy beggar guessing
B7 CbWhat happens to the heart
[Interlude]
||: Cb/F | G | B7 ||
[Verse 7]
FmI was always working steady
CbBut I never called it art
Cb/FIt was just some old convention
B7Like the horse before the cart
FmI had no trouble betting
CbOn the flood, against the ark
Cb/FYou see, I knew about the ending
B7 FmWhat happens to the heart
[Interlude]
||: Fm | Cb | Cb/F | B7 :||
[Outro]
FmI was handy with a rifle
CbMy father's .303
Cb/FI fought for something final
B7Not the right to disagree
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