Heartstrings chords by Alison Krauss

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm B minorBm C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse 1:
G+G   D MajorD        E minorEm  B minorBm
Way up north, where the snow flies
    C majorC     D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD
And the sun don't hardly shine
G+G       D MajorD  E minorEm   B minorBm
If it weren't for, my true love
     C majorC     G+G   D MajorD
I'd have long ago lost my mind
             G+G   D MajorD
I'd have long ago lost my mind

Verse 2:
    G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm     B minorBm
There's good folks here and good folks there
C majorC     D MajorD    G+G  D MajorD
most everywhere I go
     G+G  D MajorD   E minorEm    B minorBm
But the land of my heart is down
     C majorC      G+G   D MajorD
where the snow white cotton grows
               G+G  D MajorD
where the snow white cotton grows


Chorus:
     C majorC     B minorBm      A minorAm   G+G
When the river runs over from the melting snow
    C majorC      D MajorD   G+G
we will take to the higher ground
     C majorC     B minorBm        A minorAm     G+G
when the water goes down again, we'll saddle our old paint
C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
we'll be homeward bound
    C majorC    B minorBm   D MajorD    G+G
me and my love will be homeward bound


Solo:
G+G D MajorD E minorEm B minorBm C majorC D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm B minorBm C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G


Verse 3:
G+G         D MajorD         E minorEm     B minorBm
Heartstrings hold tighter than the roots of a live oak tree
C majorC        D MajorD    G+G   D MajorD
holding through tornado wind
G+G      D MajorD    E minorEm      B minorBm
tougher than timber, stronger than steel
    C majorC       G+G     D MajorD
they'll guide me back southward again
                 G+G   D MajorD
they'll guide me back southward again


Chorus:
     C majorC     B minorBm      A minorAm   G+G
When the river runs over from the melting snow
    C majorC      D MajorD   G+G
we will take to the higher ground
     C majorC     B minorBm        A minorAm     G+G
when the water goes down again, we'll saddle our old paint
C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
we'll be homeward bound
    C majorC    B minorBm   D MajorD    G+G
me and my love will be homeward bound


Outro:
C majorC B minorBm A minorAm G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G