Dagger Heart chords by Guy Smith

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Open E MajorE (E MajorE BB E MajorE G#G# BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
C majorC                     G+G
She wielded love like a knife, he wore his heart on his sleeve
D MajorD                   A augmentedA
Her needs came and they went, he had a need to believe
C majorC                  G+G
In a Frisco coffee house, his songs poured like merlot
DmDm                  A minorAm
Into her ears and her veins, she just had to say “hello”

D MajorD               FF
Heart lighter than air, his poetic eclipse
C majorC            G+G
Odes to romance, a smile stretched on his lips
DmDm                 A minorAm
They talked away hours, shared the morning’s afterglow
G+G                EsusEsus
Packed both their bags and they hit the road

Verse 2:
C majorC                G+G
His gigs became fewer once they reached Santa Fe
D MajorD               A augmentedA
She wanted to run, he held her close anyway
C majorC                  G+G
His love became her anger, his heart wanted to explode
DmDm              A minorAm
Then that night in Tulsa, she didn’t make the show

D MajorD                  FF
In a dirty backstage room, he wrote songs of disperse
C majorC               G+G
Confusion soaked lyrics, minor chords hung in the air
DmDm            A minorAm
His poetry poisoned, fear rattling his bones
G+G                  EsusEsus
He peered through the spot light, he knew he was alone

Bridge:
A minorAm             E minorEm
Bend them ‘till you break, drink away the ache
DmDm              A minorAm
Music pours like sweat, spend all night awake
E minorEm          F# minorF#m
Was she really there, did she ever care
G# minorG#m              A minorAm
Did she know she would make a heart with a tear

Verse 3:
C majorC                G+G
At a truck stop near Dallas, his wallet now hers
D MajorD           A augmentedA
An 18 wheel Jimmy took off in a blur
C majorC               G+G
Stranded, abandoned, his soul stuffed in a case
DmDm                A minorAm
His thumb in the air, the exhaust fumes his face

     DmDm
Now only whiskey and sorrow
A minorAm
Hold back his rage
G+G
Growling out lonesome blues
E minorEm        EsusEsus
On a Memphis tonk stage