The Heart Of The Matter chords by Don Henley

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: novice

Heart of the Matter
Don Henley


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Intro Riff x 4

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Verse 1

D
I got the call today
      A
And I didn't want to hear
      G
But I knew that it would come

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D
An old true friend of ours
    A
Was talking on the phone
               G
She said you'd found someone

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Verse 2

      A
And I thought of all the bad luck

And the struggles we went through
    G
How I lost me and you lost you
A
  What are all these voices

Outside love's open door
         G
Makes us throw off our contentment
    A                 Asus4
And beg for something more


Pre-Chorus

D               Em               Bm
I'm learning to live without you now
      G
But I miss you sometimes
D                    Bm
The more I know the less I understand
        G
All the things I thought I knew
    A              A7
I'm learning again

Chorus

D
I've been trying to get down
Em
To the heart of the matter
       Bm
But my will gets weak
G
And my thoughts seem to scatter
                 D
But I think it's about
            Bm
Forgiveness     Forgiveness
G               A                    D
Even if Even if you don't love me anymore

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G -2---2---3---2---2---2--|
D -0---0---0---0---0---0--|
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E -2---2---0---2---0---3--|
B -3---3---2---3---3---3--|
G -2---2---3---2---2---2--|
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Verse 3

A          D
Ahh' these times are so uncertain
          A
There's a yearning undefined
    G
And people filled with rage

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       D
We all need a little tenderness
A
How can love survive
   G
In such a graceless age

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         A
Ahh' the trust and self-assurance

That lead to happiness
            G
They're the very things we kill I guess
     A
Ahh' pride and competition

Cannot fill these empty arms
        G
And the work I put between us
            A               A7   D
You know it doesn't keep me warm


Pre-Chorus

                Em               Bm
I'm learning to live without you now
      G
But I miss you baby
 D                  Bm
The more I know the less I understand
        G
All the things I thought I figured out
  A             A7
I have to learn again

Chorus

D                              Em
  I've been trying to get down

To the heart of the matter
    D                  G
But everything changes

And my friends seem to scatter
                 D
But I think it's about
            Bm
Forgiveness     Forgiveness
G               A         Asus4      D
Even if Even if you don't love me anymore


Bridge

          C
There are people in your life
G/B
Who've come and gone
     Am
They let you down
              G
You know they hurt your pride
C
You better put it all behind you babe
G/B
'Cuz life goes on
         A
You keep carrying that anger
      Asus4
It'll eat you up inside baby

Chorus

D
I've been trying to get down
Em
To the heart of the matter
       D              G
But my will gets weak

And my thoughts seem to scatter
                 D
But I think it's about
             Bm
Forgiveness      Forgiveness
G                   A         Asus4
Even if   Even if   you don't love me

Outro

D
I've been trying to get down
Em
To the heart of the matter
            D
Because the flesh will get weak
        G
And the ashes will scatter
                D
So I'm thinkin' about
             Bm
Forgiveness       Forgiveness
G                    A         A7      D
Even if    Even if   you don't love me
                    Em
Forgiveness   heyyy    Forgiveness
     D                    G                  D
Baby   Forgiveness   Ahhh   Forgiveness  Ahhh
                  Bm             G
Forgiveness  uhhh    Forgiveness
           A         Asus4      D
Even if    you don't love me anymore
                    Em             G
Forgiveness    uhhh    Forgiveness   (Fade)



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