Heart of the Matter
Don Henley • Key:
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Heart of the Matter
Don Henley
Intro
D
D
D
Dsus2
D
Dsus4
D
I got the call today and I
A
didn't want to hear
But I
G
knew that it would come
D
An old true friend of ours was
A
talking on the phone
She said you'd
G
found someone
And I
A
thought of all the bad luck and the
A7
struggles we went through
How
G
I lost me, and you lost you
A
What are all these voices out
A7
side love's open door
Make us
G
throw off our contentment and
A
beg for something more
Chorus
D
I'm learning to
A
live without you
Bm
now, but I
G
miss you sometimes
D
The more I know, the
Bm
less I understand
All the
G
things I thought I knew I'm
A
learning again
D
I've been trying to get down
D/E
to the heart of the matter
But my
D/F#
will gets weak
G
and my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's
D
about forgiveness,
Bm
forgiveness
G
Even if, even if
A
you don't love me anymore
Ah these
D
times are so uncertain, there's a
A
yearning undefined
G
People filled with rage
D
We all need a little tenderness
A
How can love survive in
G
such a graceless age?
Oh the
A
trust and self-
A7
assurance that
A
lead to happiness
They're the
G
very things we kill, I guess
Oh
A
pride and competi
A7
tion cannot
A
fill these empty arms
And the
G
work I put between us you know it
A
doesn't keep me warm
Chorus
D
I'm learning to
D/E
live without you
D/F#
now, but I
G
miss you baby
D
The more I know, the
Bm
less I understand
All the
G
things I thought I figured out I
A
have to learn again
D
I've been trying to get down
D/E
to the heart of the matter
D/F#
But everything changes and
G
my friends seem to scatter
But I think it's
D
about forgiveness,
Bm
forgiveness
G
Even if, even if
A
you don't love me anymore
Bridge
There are
C
people in your life
G/B
who've come and gone
They
Am
let you down, you know they
G
hurt your pride
C
You better put it all behind you babe cuz
G/B
life goes on
You keep
A
carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside baby
Chorus
D
I've been trying to get down
D/E
to the heart of the matter
D/F#
But my will gets weak and my
G
thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's
D
about forgiveness,
Bm
forgiveness
G
Even if, even if
A
you don't love me
D
I've been trying to get down
D/E
to the heart of the matter
Because the
D/F#
flesh will get weak and
G
the ashes will scatter
But I think it's
D
about forgiveness,
Bm
forgiveness
G
Even if, even if
A
you don't love me
Speed