Happens To The Heart chords by Leonard Cohen

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Chord Voicings:

DmDm  - XX0231
Bb majorBb  - X13331
Bb/G - 3X333x
A7A7  - X02020

Intro:
     DmDm                Bb majorBb
e|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|------------3-------3-------3-------|---------3-------3-------3-------|
G+G|------------2-------2-------2-------|---2h3---3-------3-------3-------|
D MajorD|--------0-------0-------0-------0---|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--0h3-------------------------------|---1---------1-------1-------0---|
E MajorE|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

   Bb/G               A7A7
e|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------|
BB|-------3--------3-------3-------|-------2-------2------------------------|-------|
G+G|-------3--------3-------3-------|-------0-------0----2---0h2p0-----------|-------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|-------2-------2----------------3---2---|---0---|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|---0-------0----------------------------|-------|
E MajorE|---3--------3-------3-------3---|----------------------------------------|-------|

Verse 1:
    DmDm
I was always working steady
    Bb majorBb
But I never called it art
 Bb/G
I got my shit together
     A7A7
Meeting Christ and reading Marx
   DmDm
It failed my little fire
     Bb majorBb
But it's bright, the dying spark
  Bb/G
Go tell the young messiah
 A7A7
What happens to the heart

Interlude:

||: DmDm | Bb majorBb | Bb/G | A7A7 ||

Verse 2:
     DmDm
There's a mist of summer kisses
     Bb majorBb
Where I tried to double-park
   Bb/G
The rivalry was vicious
   A7A7
The women were in charge
     DmDm
It was nothing, it was business
    Bb majorBb
But it left an ugly mark
   Bb/G
I've come here to revisit
 A7A7
What happens to the heart

Interlude:

||: DmDm | Bb majorBb | Bb/G | A7A7 ||

Verse 3:
    DmDm
I was selling holy trinkets
    Bb majorBb
I was dressing kind of sharp
    Bb/G
Had a pussy in the kitchen
    A7A7
And a panther in the yard
     DmDm
In the prison of the gifted
    Bb majorBb
I was friendly with the guards
   Bb/G
So I never had to witness
A7A7          Bb majorBb
What happens to the heart

Interlude:

||: Bb/G | FF | A7A7 ||

Verse 4:
  DmDm
I should have seen it coming
   Bb majorBb
After all I knew the chart
    Bb/G
Just to look at her was trouble
     A7A7
It was trouble from the start
     DmDm
Sure we played a stunning couple
    Bb majorBb
But I never liked the part
     Bb/G
It ain't pretty, it ain't subtle
 A7A7
What happens to the heart

Interlude:

||: DmDm | Bb majorBb | Bb/G | A7A7 ||

Verse 5:
     DmDm
Now the angel's got a fiddle
   Bb majorBb
The devil's got a harp
   Bb/G
Every soul is like a minnow
    A7A7
Every mind is like a shark
   DmDm
I've broken every window
     Bb majorBb
But the house, the house is dark
 Bb/G
I care but very little
 A7A7
What happens to the heart


Interlude:

||: DmDm | Bb majorBb | Bb/G | A7A7 ||

Verse 6:
     DmDm
Then I studied with this beggar
    Bb majorBb
He was filthy, he was scarred
    Bb/G
By the claws of many women
     A7A7
He had failed to disregard
  DmDm
No fable here no lesson
   Bb majorBb
No singing meadowlark
    Bb/G
Just a filthy beggar guessing
 A7A7         Bb majorBb
What happens to the heart


Interlude:

||: Bb/G | FF | A7A7 ||


Verse 7:
    DmDm
I was always working steady
    Bb majorBb
But I never called it art
    Bb/G
It was just some old convention
     A7A7
Like the horse before the cart
 DmDm
I had no trouble betting
    Bb majorBb
On the flood, against the ark
      Bb/G
You see, I knew about the ending
 A7A7     DmDm
What happens to the heart


Interlude:

||: DmDm | Bb majorBb | Bb/G | A7A7 :||


Outro:
    DmDm
I was handy with a rifle
   Bb majorBb
My father's .303
  Bb/G
I fought for something final
     A7A7
Not the right to disagree