Cumbersome Heart chords by Robin Irene Moss

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Am

Verse:
Am                                         F                          E
Cumbersome heart, far too enlarged for the cavity it's resting in now gravity is testing it.
Am                                           F                              E
Strung like a harp, but always in minor keys weaving shut its openings with melodies on rusted strings
F                  E            Am
  Falling into the belly of the feast
F                             E            Am
  Crawling through the jigsaw to extract a piece

Verse:
Am                                        F                          E
Cumbersome heart, rigged like a motor to chug along with energy from what the earth was borrowing
Am                                     F                                  E
Never quite sharp, bending its way to eternities of whetting stones which wear it down past blood and bone
F                 E            Am
  Diving into the belly of the feast
F                       E                   Am
  Driving in circles of South, West, North, East

Chorus:
F                           G        Em           Am
Bursting with blood but the arteries carry no air
           F                       G                         Em
There’s a jam in the veins as they strain to replace what is there
E                      Am
  Growing stagnant and stale

Verse:
Am                                               F                E
Cumbersome heart, painted with brushstrokes like fingerprints and drippings down the can
Am                                        F                              E
Undefined art, tripping at the borders constructed to assign to it, a label for defining it
F                  E            Am
  Melting into the belly of the feast
F                       E            Am
  Pelting effigies with hardening concrete

Chorus:
F                           G        Em           Am
Bursting with blood but the arteries carry no air
           F                       G                         Em
There’s a jam in the veins as they strain to replace what is there
E                      Am
  Growing stagnant and stale

Verse Section:
F                  E            Am
  Falling into the belly of the feast
F                             E            Am
  Crawling through the jigsaw to extract a piece