Heart Of The Matter chords by The Libertines

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          HEART OF THE MATTER - The Libertines
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Verse:
                 Bm
No one can hold the light to your misery
 D - C      G
You?re the number one
Em     Bm  D - C   G
Being hard done, hard done by
      Em      Bm     D - C
You?ll get by with your smile, wicked smile
   G      Em       Bm
And laughing at the misfortune of others
   D - C     G         Em
You gotta get your kicks kicking the pricks
Bm         D - C
Laughing as they pick up sticks
G     Em      Bm
And old ladies walks on by
 D -  C   Am
Trip up as they cry

Pre-Chorus
       D
With all the battering it?s taken
Bm            Em
I?m surprised it?s still ticking
Am         D
Yeah, with all the battering it?s taken
Bm            D
I?m surprised it is still ticking

Chorus
     Em       Am    B
Let?s get straight to the heart of matter
    Em     Am     B
Why so glum? It?s all on the platter
   Em       Am  B      Em   Am  B
So what?s the matter, what?s the matter today?

Verse:
G    Em       Bm
I am no stranger to the cause
 D    -  C  G
I carry them in my soul
        Em
Please torch my flesh
        Bm      D -   C  G
And leave gray holes in the meaning of my life
     Em    Bm
But I get by, I get by
      D  - C   G
Just this crooked little smile
      Em       Bm      D - C
You?ll get by, you?ll get by, you?ll get by

Pre-Chorus:
Am      D
With all the battering it?s taken
Bm                 Em
Well I?m surprised that it?s still ticking
Am         D
Yeah, with all the battering it?s taken
Bm              D
I?m surprised that it?s still ticking

Chorus:
     Em       Am    B
Let?s get straight to the heart of matter
    Em     Am     B
Why so glum? It?s all on a platter
   Em       Am  B      Em   Am  B
So what?s the matter, what?s the matter today?
     Em       Am    B
Let?s get straight to the heart of matter
    Em     Am    B
Why so glum? It?s all on a platter
Em             Am  B      Em    Am B
What?s the matter tell me, what?s the matter today?

Verse:
G      Em      Bm
So hold the lights to my misery
     D -   C   G
But don?t send it up in flames
     Em      Bm
It?s only I who take the blame
  D  C   G
But try me anyway
        Em         Bm
And you?ll get by, and you?ll get by
     D  - C   G
With your wicked little smile
        Em         Bm
And you?ll get by, and you?ll get by
     D  - C
With your wicked little?

Pre-Chorus
Am        D
Oh, with all the battering it?s taken
Bm              Em
I?m surprised that it?s still ticking
Am         D
Yeah, with all the battering it?s taken
Bm              D
I?m surprised that it?s still ti-cking

Chorus:
     Em       Am    B
Let?s get straight to the heart of matter
Em          Am    B
Oh, why so glum? It?s all on a platter
Em         Am  B      Em
What?s the matter, what?s the matter today?
Am  B  Em       Am    B
Let?s get straight to the heart of matter
    Em     Am     B
Why so glum? It?s all on the platter
Em            Am  B      Em  Am B
What?s the matter is the glory hallelujah day
Em       Am    B
Straight to the heart of matter
Em          Am    B
Oh, why so glum? It?s all on a platter
Em         Am  B      Em
What?s the matter, what?s the matter today?


Guitar Leads:
Verse
e|--10--7--10-7-10-7-----10-7----7-10----10------|
B|-----------------------------7------7----------|Like I said no specific pattern
G|-----------------------------------------------|But those are the notes for the first part
D|-----------------------------------------------|I like to add some hammer-ons and pull-offs
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Verse (Cont)
e|--3-3-3-/--7-7-7---------------------|
B|------------------3-3-3-/-7-7-7------|This begins on "You gotta get your kicks...."
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus:
No leads, but chords are played on higher pitches

Chorus:
   Em   Am    B
e|-----7-------------------------|
B|-------8-----------------------|
G|---9-----9--5--5--5--8--8--8---|
D|-------------------------------| Repeat that throughout the chorus
A|-------------------------------|