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>From rsn@cetus.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Sekhar Narayanaswami)
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Intro Riff:
E -2---2---0--2--0-3--|----------------|
B -3---3---2--3--3-3--|----------------|
G -2---2---3--2--2-2--|----------------|
D -0---0---0--0--0-0--|----------------|
A --------------------|----------------|
E --------------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Intro Riff x 4
Verse 1:
D
I got the ....
A
And I didn't ...
G
But I knew that ...
D
An old true ...
A
Was talking on ...
G
She said you'd found ...
A
And I thought of ...
A7
And the struggles ...
G
How I lost me, and ...
A
What are all ...
A7
Outside love's ...
G
Make us throw ...
A
And beg for ...
Chorus:
D A/E Bm/F#
I'm learning to live ...
G
But I miss you ...
D Bm
The more I know, ...
G
All the things I ....
A
I'm ...
D
I've been trying ...
A/E
To the heart of ...
Bm/F#
But my will ...
G
And my thoughts seem ...
D
But I think ...
Bm
Forgiveness, F...
G A
Even if, Even if you ...
Intro Riff X2
(same pattern as first verse):
Ah these times are so u....
Chorus:
I'm learning to live ....
I've been trying to ....
(instead of riff 1, play 2 bars of D)
Bridge:
C
There are ...
G/B
Who've come ...
Am
They let ....
G
You know they ...
C
You better put it all ...
G/B
'Cuz life ....
A
You keep carrying ...
It'll eat you up ...
Chorus:
I've been trying to get ....
I've been trying ....
(follow pattern of chorus and fade out)
Chords Used:
D: xx0232
A: x02220
G: 320003
A7: x02223 or x02020
A/E: 002220
Bm/F#: 224432
Bm: x24432
C: x32010
G/B: x20003
Am: x02210
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Sekhar Narayanaswami rsn@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu
"I wanna find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each others paint-by-number dreams" -- Jackson Browne
"In my dreams I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows they learned to swim" -- U2
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- Heart Of The Matter (Ver2) (Chords)
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025