Heart Cooks Brain chords by Modest Mouse

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C



🎸 Verse 1:

F    Em Dm    C
Slow walk, it's land mine
F     Em Dm    C
It's coal mine, it's a bad thought

F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C


🎸 Chorus:

F       Em
On the way to God don't know
  Dm             C       F Em Dm C
My brain's the burger, and my heart's the coal


🎸 Verse 2:

F         Em
I'm trying to get my head clear
 Dm                 C              F
I push things out through my mouth, I get refilled through my ears
 Em             Dm
I get refilled through my ears
 C              F Em Dm C
I get refilled through my ears


🎸 Chorus 2:

F        Em
I'm on my way to God don't know or even care
  Dm               C           F
My brain's the weak heart, and my heart's the long stairs


🎸 Verse 3:

  Em          Dm  C
My heart's the long stairs, my heart's the long stairs
F       Em
Inland from Vancouver shore
  Dm                C            F
The ravens and the seagulls push each other inward and outward
Em        Dm C
Inward and outward
F          Em
In this place that I call home
  Dm            C
My brain's the cliff, and my heart's the bitter buffalo
F Em            Dm C
My heart's the bitter buffalo
F           Em
We tore one down, and erected another there
  Dm          C
The match of the century, absence versus thin air


🎸 Chorus 3:

F       Em
On the way to God don't know
  Dm             C       F Em Dm C
My brain's the burger, and my heart's the coal


🎸 Verse 4:


F         Em
On this life that we call home
  Dm          C        F
The years go fast and the days go so slow
  Em       Dm  C
The days go so slow, the days go slow


F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C


🎸 Chorus 4:

F       Em
On the way to God don't know
  Dm             C       F Em Dm C
My brain's the burger, and my heart's the coal


🎸 Verse 5:

F         Em
I'm trying to get my head clear
 Dm                 C              F
I push things out through my mouth, I get refilled through my ears
 Em             Dm
I get refilled through my ears
 C              F Em Dm C
I get refilled through my ears


🎸 Chorus 5:

F          Em
I'm on my way to God don't know or even care
  Dm               C           F
My brain's the weak heart, and my heart's the long stairs


🎸 Verse 6:

  Em          Dm  C
My heart's the long stairs, my heart's the long stairs
F       Em
Inland from Vancouver shore
  Dm                C            F
The ravens and the seagulls push each other inward and outward
Em        Dm C
Inward and outward
F          Em
In this place that I call home
  Dm            C
My brain's the cliff, and my heart's the bitter buffalo
F Em            Dm C
My heart's the bitter buffalo
F           Em
We tore one down, and erected another there
  Dm          C             F
The match of the century, absence versus thin air
Em           Dm C
Absence versus thin air
F         Em
On this life that we call home
Dm            C       F
The years go fast and the days go so slow
  Em
The days go so slow