Chicago – Explain It To My Heart (Guitar Intro)

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Transcription and chart Peter Kruger [email protected] [intro]
|C       F/C    |C       F/C    |C       F/C    |C      F/C   |
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[verse #1]
C     C                     G
    I understand there's no future for us here

        F
Guess I fooled myself into thinking there was

           C
Now you've made it clear

      C                        G                  E7
It'll never be right, guess we knew it all along

Am               G6                   F   C/F F
Now we've got to say goodbye and I've got to  be strong
[pre-chorus]
   Em7
So tell me one more time how it's better for the both of us

F6                                             G11
Tell me one more time how we'll hurt each other    if we stay

Em7                                            Am
Tell me one more time the darling there's just one more thing

           Gsus4
Before you walk away
[ chorus]
   G              F       G
Ex plain it to my heart

                       Am
It's better that we're over now

Am/G             F                G                        Am
Tell me one more time this is the way that it's suppose to be

G                F               G
Tell me that I'm better off with out you

         E                  Am
How it's better to forget a bout you

Am/G    F               C/E
Darling,   I understand

Dm        Em        F
Won't you please ex plain it to my

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heart Now [verse #2]
C               G/B
if I try, I can see the reasons why

F
Why we can't stay together and I might convince my mind

         C                 G/B              G                 E7
But it's breaking my heart     to know I've got to let you go

   Am               G6                    F     C/F  F
To find that I must leave behind the only love  I've known
]pre-chorus]
     Em7
Well I can tell myself that I never really needed you

F6
I can tell myself that it's better just to say goodbye

Em7
I can tell myself a thousand lies

    Am
But tell me now

        Gsus4
Tell me how do I
[chorus]
   G              F       G
Ex plain it to my heart

                       Am
It's better that we're over now

Am/G             F                G                        Am
Tell me one more time this is the way that it's suppose to be

G                F               G
Tell me that I'm better off with out you

         E                  Am
How it's better to forget a bout you

Am/G    F               C/E
Darling,   I understand

Dm        Em        F        G   C
Won't you please ex plain it to  my heart
[bridge]
Ab                  Gm7
   Say that I'll be better

   Fm7
If we don't stay together

                 G7sus4          G7
Say that I'll be better off free

          A7sus4
But don't say it to me

   A7
Ex plain it to my
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|G       A      |G       A      |G       A      |G/A       C      A       F#
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heart [guitar] ^ ^ ^
   |Gmaj7   A      |Bm          A  |Gmaj7   A      |Bm          A |
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[pre-chorus]
                 G               A
Tell me that I'm better off with out you

         F#/A#                   Bm
How it's better to forget  all a bout you

A        G
Darling,    I understand
]chorus]
    Em        F#m       G              G         A
Now won't you please ex plain it to my heart?

                       Bm
It's better that we're over now

A                G                A                          Bm   A Bm G
Tell me one more time this is the way that it's suppose to be

A                G               A
Tell me that I'm better off with out you

         F#/A#              Bm
How it's better to forget a bout you

A        G                G/F#
Darling,    I understand

Em        F#m       G
Won't you please ex plain it to my
[coda]
|D       G/D    |D       G   A  |A            |D ...............            |
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