Heart Of The Matter chords by The Libertines

Chords with lyrics

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

Pre-Chorus
       D MajorD
With all the battering it?s taken
B minorBm            E minorEm
I?m surprised it?s still ticking
A minorAm         D MajorD
Yeah, with all the battering it?s taken
B minorBm            D MajorD
I?m surprised it is still ticking

Chorus
     E minorEm       A minorAm    BB
Let?s get straight to the heart of matter
    E minorEm     A minorAm     BB
Why so glum? It?s all on the platter
   E minorEm       A minorAm  BB      E minorEm   A minorAm  BB
So what?s the matter, what?s the matter today?

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

Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm      D MajorD
With all the battering it?s taken
B minorBm                 E minorEm
Well I?m surprised that it?s still ticking
A minorAm         D MajorD
Yeah, with all the battering it?s taken
B minorBm              D MajorD
I?m surprised that it?s still ticking

Chorus:
     E minorEm       A minorAm    BB
Let?s get straight to the heart of matter
    E minorEm     A minorAm     BB
Why so glum? It?s all on a platter
   E minorEm       A minorAm  BB      E minorEm   A minorAm  BB
So what?s the matter, what?s the matter today?
     E minorEm       A minorAm    BB
Let?s get straight to the heart of matter
    E minorEm     A minorAm    BB
Why so glum? It?s all on a platter
E minorEm             A minorAm  BB      E minorEm    A minorAm BB
What?s the matter tell me, what?s the matter today?

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

Pre-Chorus
A minorAm        D MajorD
Oh, with all the battering it?s taken
B minorBm              E minorEm
I?m surprised that it?s still ticking
A minorAm         D MajorD
Yeah, with all the battering it?s taken
B minorBm              D MajorD
I?m surprised that it?s still ti-cking

Chorus:
     E minorEm       A minorAm    BB
Let?s get straight to the heart of matter
E minorEm          A minorAm    BB
Oh, why so glum? It?s all on a platter
E minorEm         A minorAm  BB      E minorEm
What?s the matter, what?s the matter today?
A minorAm  BB  E minorEm       A minorAm    BB
Let?s get straight to the heart of matter
    E minorEm     A minorAm     BB
Why so glum? It?s all on the platter
E minorEm            A minorAm  BB      E minorEm  A minorAm BB
What?s the matter is the glory hallelujah day
E minorEm       A minorAm    BB
Straight to the heart of matter
E minorEm          A minorAm    BB
Oh, why so glum? It?s all on a platter
E minorEm         A minorAm  BB      E minorEm
What?s the matter, what?s the matter today?

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

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

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

Chorus:
   E minorEm   A minorAm    BB
e|-----7-------------------------|
BB|-------8-----------------------|
G+G|---9-----9--5--5--5--8--8--8---|
D MajorD|-------------------------------| Repeat that throughout the chorus
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|

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