Dagger Heart chords by Guy Smith

Tuning: Open E (E B E G# B E)

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

D                              F
Heart lighter than air, his poetic eclipse
C                        G
Odes to romance, a smile stretched on his lips
Dm                                 Am
They talked away hours, shared the morning’s afterglow
G                               Esus
Packed both their bags and they hit the road

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

D                                   F
In a dirty backstage room, he wrote songs of disperse
C                              G
Confusion soaked lyrics, minor chords hung in the air
Dm                        Am
His poetry poisoned, fear rattling his bones
G                                    Esus
He peered through the spot light, he knew he was alone

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

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

         Dm
Now only whiskey and sorrow
Am
Hold back his rage
G
Growling out lonesome blues
Em                Esus
On a Memphis tonk stage