Heart Cooks Brain chords by Modest Mouse

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C



🎸 Verse 1:

F       Em Dm        C
Slow walk, it's land mine
F          Em Dm       C
It's coal mine, it's a bad thought

F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C


🎸 Chorus:

F             Em
On the way to God don't know
   Dm                         C              F Em Dm C
My brain's the burger, and my heart's the coal


🎸 Verse 2:

F                 Em
I'm trying to get my head clear
  Dm                                 C                           F
I push things out through my mouth, I get refilled through my ears
  Em                         Dm
I get refilled through my ears
  C                           F Em Dm C
I get refilled through my ears


🎸 Chorus 2:

F                Em
I'm on my way to God don't know or even care
   Dm                             C                     F
My brain's the weak heart, and my heart's the long stairs


🎸 Verse 3:

   Em                    Dm    C
My heart's the long stairs, my heart's the long stairs
F              Em
Inland from Vancouver shore
    Dm                                C                        F
The ravens and the seagulls push each other inward and outward
Em               Dm C
Inward and outward
F                    Em
In this place that I call home
   Dm                        C
My brain's the cliff, and my heart's the bitter buffalo
F  Em                       Dm C
My heart's the bitter buffalo
F                      Em
We tore one down, and erected another there
    Dm                    C
The match of the century, absence versus thin air


🎸 Chorus 3:

F             Em
On the way to God don't know
   Dm                         C              F Em Dm C
My brain's the burger, and my heart's the coal


🎸 Verse 4:


F                 Em
On this life that we call home
    Dm                    C                F
The years go fast and the days go so slow
    Em             Dm    C
The days go so slow, the days go slow


F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C


🎸 Chorus 4:

F             Em
On the way to God don't know
   Dm                         C              F Em Dm C
My brain's the burger, and my heart's the coal


🎸 Verse 5:

F                 Em
I'm trying to get my head clear
  Dm                                 C                           F
I push things out through my mouth, I get refilled through my ears
  Em                         Dm
I get refilled through my ears
  C                           F Em Dm C
I get refilled through my ears


🎸 Chorus 5:

F                    Em
I'm on my way to God don't know or even care
   Dm                             C                     F
My brain's the weak heart, and my heart's the long stairs


🎸 Verse 6:

   Em                    Dm    C
My heart's the long stairs, my heart's the long stairs
F              Em
Inland from Vancouver shore
    Dm                                C                        F
The ravens and the seagulls push each other inward and outward
Em               Dm C
Inward and outward
F                    Em
In this place that I call home
   Dm                        C
My brain's the cliff, and my heart's the bitter buffalo
F  Em                       Dm C
My heart's the bitter buffalo
F                      Em
We tore one down, and erected another there
    Dm                    C                          F
The match of the century, absence versus thin air
Em                      Dm C
Absence versus thin air
F                 Em
On this life that we call home
Dm                        C              F
The years go fast and the days go so slow
    Em
The days go so slow