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|-------------------------------|