The Heart Of The Matter chords by Don Henley

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: novice

Heart of the Matter
Don Henley


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B -3---3---2---3---3---3--|
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D -0---0---0---0---0---0--|
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Intro Riff x 4

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Verse 1

D
I got the call today
   A
And I didn't want to hear
   G
But I knew that it would come

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D
An old true friend of ours
  A
Was talking on the phone
        G
She said you'd found someone

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Verse 2

   A
And I thought of all the bad luck

And the struggles we went through
  G
How I lost me and you lost you
A
 What are all these voices

Outside love's open door
     G
Makes us throw off our contentment
  A         Asus4
And beg for something more


Pre-Chorus

D        Em        Bm
I'm learning to live without you now
   G
But I miss you sometimes
D          Bm
The more I know the less I understand
    G
All the things I thought I knew
  A       A7
I'm learning again

Chorus

D
I've been trying to get down
Em
To the heart of the matter
    Bm
But my will gets weak
G
And my thoughts seem to scatter
         D
But I think it's about
      Bm
Forgiveness   Forgiveness
G        A          D
Even if Even if you don't love me anymore

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B -3---3---2---3---3---3--|
G -2---2---3---2---2---2--|
D -0---0---0---0---0---0--|
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E -2---2---0---2---0---3--|
B -3---3---2---3---3---3--|
G -2---2---3---2---2---2--|
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Verse 3

A     D
Ahh' these times are so uncertain
     A
There's a yearning undefined
  G
And people filled with rage

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    D
We all need a little tenderness
A
How can love survive
  G
In such a graceless age

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     A
Ahh' the trust and self-assurance

That lead to happiness
      G
They're the very things we kill I guess
   A
Ahh' pride and competition

Cannot fill these empty arms
    G
And the work I put between us
      A        A7  D
You know it doesn't keep me warm


Pre-Chorus

        Em        Bm
I'm learning to live without you now
   G
But I miss you baby
 D         Bm
The more I know the less I understand
    G
All the things I thought I figured out
 A       A7
I have to learn again

Chorus

D               Em
 I've been trying to get down

To the heart of the matter
  D         G
But everything changes

And my friends seem to scatter
         D
But I think it's about
      Bm
Forgiveness   Forgiveness
G        A     Asus4   D
Even if Even if you don't love me anymore


Bridge

     C
There are people in your life
G/B
Who've come and gone
   Am
They let you down
       G
You know they hurt your pride
C
You better put it all behind you babe
G/B
'Cuz life goes on
     A
You keep carrying that anger
   Asus4
It'll eat you up inside baby

Chorus

D
I've been trying to get down
Em
To the heart of the matter
    D       G
But my will gets weak

And my thoughts seem to scatter
         D
But I think it's about
       Bm
Forgiveness   Forgiveness
G          A     Asus4
Even if  Even if  you don't love me

Outro

D
I've been trying to get down
Em
To the heart of the matter
      D
Because the flesh will get weak
    G
And the ashes will scatter
        D
So I'm thinkin' about
       Bm
Forgiveness    Forgiveness
G          A     A7   D
Even if  Even if  you don't love me
          Em
Forgiveness  heyyy  Forgiveness
   D          G         D
Baby  Forgiveness  Ahhh  Forgiveness Ahhh
         Bm       G
Forgiveness uhhh  Forgiveness
      A     Asus4   D
Even if  you don't love me anymore
          Em       G
Forgiveness  uhhh  Forgiveness  (Fade)



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