Don Henley – The Heart Of The Matter (Guitar)

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Heart of the Matter chords Don Henley 1989 (The End of the Innocence) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heart_of_the_Matter_(song) D D Dsus2 D Dsus2 Dsus4 4x
          D                  A
I got the call today, that I didn’t wanna’ hear 

      G                      
But I knew that it would come 

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D                           A
Old true friend of ours was talking on the phone 

             G             
She said you found someone 

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      A      
And I thought of all the bad luck, 

    A7
And struggles we went through 

    G
How I lost me and you lost you 

A                        A7
What are these voices outside loves open door 

        G  
Make us throw of our contentment 

    A
And beg for something more? 

    D           G                Bm
I’m learning to live without you now 

      G
But I miss you sometimes 

        D            Bm
And the more I know, less I understand 

        G                            A
All the things I thought I knew, I’m learning again 

          D                  
I’ve been trying to get down 

       Bm
To the heart of the matter 

       G
But my will gets weak 
And my thoughts seem to scatter
                      D     
So I think it’s about forgiveness 

Bm
Forgiveness 

G                A                    D
Even if, even if you don’t love me anymore 
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          D   
All these times are so uncertain 

           A
Though the yearning undefined 

         G                      
And then people filled with rage 

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We all need a little tenderness 

A                       G          
How can love survive in such a graceless age? 

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A                  A7             A
The trust and self-assurance that leads to happiness 

          G
There the very things we kill, I guess 

    A              A7
Our pride and competition 

        A
Can not fill these empty arms 

        G
And the work I put between us 

            A
You know it doesn’t keep me warm 

D               G                Bm
I’m learning to live without you now 

      G
But I miss you baby 

        D            Bm
And the more I know, less I understand 

        G              
All the things I thought I figured out 

  A
I have to learn again 

          D
I’ve been trying to get down 

       Bm
To the heart of the matter 

    G
But everything changes 
And my friends seem to scatter
                         D     
So I think it’s about forgiveness 

   Bm
Forgiveness 

G                 A                    D
Even if, even if, you don’t love me anymore 

          C                    G
There are people in your life, who’ve come and gone 

     Am                          G
They let you down, you know they hurt your pride 

    C                                       G
You better put it all behind you baby; ‘coz life goes on 

         A                                         A7
You keep carrying that anger, it will eat you up inside, baby 

          D                  
I’ve been trying to get down 

       Bm
To the heart of the matter 

       G
But my will gets weak 
And my thoughts seem to scatter
                         D     
So I think it’s about forgiveness 

   Bm
Forgiveness 

G                A                    D
Even if, even if you don’t love me anymore 

          D 
I’ve been trying to get down 

       Bm
To the heart of the matter 

       G
But my will gets weak 
And my ashes seem to scatter
                         D     
So I think it’s about forgiveness 

   Bm
Forgiveness 

G                A                  D
Even if, even if you don’t love me… Forgiveness

   Bm
Forgiveness - baby

   D
Forgiveness

   Bm
Forgiveness

   D
Forgiveness

G                 A                    D
Even if, even if, you don’t love me anymore
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