Kris Allen – Heartless (Guitar)

Capo 1 Video Lesson
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

This tab should be accurate. I've watched how he plays it live in various videos just to make sure. He changes what fret he capos at, but it's usually at the first or without a capo. He also changes up which chords he uses in different videos, so this is just one of the ways that he plays it. There are two ways that you can play it, the first is what Kris Allen does, and the second is just a simpler variation of the original chords. Make sure to listen to the song for timing and strumming. Chords used:
Chords Kris Allen uses
   Am7 or Am7   F    Dm    E7
e|--x--|--0--|--1--|--5--|--x--|
B|--x--|--0--|--1--|--6--|--5--|
G|--5--|--5--|--2--|--5--|--7--|
D|--5--|--5--|--3--|--7--|--6--|
A|--x--|--0--|--3--|--5--|--7--|
E|--5--|--5--|--1--|--x--|--x--|

Simpler chords
    Am7   F or  F    Dm    E7
e|--0--|--1--|--1--|--1--|--0--|
B|--1--|--1--|--1--|--3--|--0--|
G|--0--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--1--|
D|--2--|--3--|--3--|--0--|--0--|
A|--0--|--3--|--x--|--x--|--2--|
E|--x--|--1--|--x--|--x--|--0--|
[Verse]
        Am7
In the night
I hear 'em talk
         F
Coldest story ever told

           Dm
Somewhere far along this road

             E7
He lost his soul

                     Am7   F
To a woman so heartless

                          Dm
How could you be so heartless

E7
Oh
[Chorus]
                           Am7
How could you be so heartless
How could you be so
    F
Cold as the winter wind when it breeze yo

       Dm
Just remember that you talkin' to me though

                 E7
You know need to watch the way you talkin' to me you know

        Am7
I mean after all the things that we've been through

        F
I mean after all the things we got into

          Dm
And yo I know of some things that you ain't told me

          E7
And yo I did some things but that's the old me

             Am7
And now you wanna get me back and you gon' show me

        F
So you walk around like you don't know me

          Dm
You got a new friend
Well I got homies
    E7
But in the end it's still so lonely
[Verse]
      Am7
In the night
I hear 'em talk
         F
Coldest story ever told

           Dm
Somewhere far along this road

             E7
He lost his soul

                     Am7   F
To a woman so heartless

                          Dm
How could you be so heartless

E7
Oh
[Chorus]
                           Am7
How could you be so heartless
How could be so Dr. Evil
         F
You're bringin' out a side of me that I don't know

Dm
I decided we weren't gon' speak so

E7
Why we up 3 A.M. on the phone

Am7
Why does she be so mad at me fo'

F
Homie I dont know she's hot and cold

Dm
I won't stop I won't mess my groove up

E7
'Cause I already know how this thing go

    Am7
You run and tell your friends that you're leaving me

      F
They say that they don't see what you see in me

     Dm
You wait a couple months then you gon' see

        E7
You'll never find nobody better than me

              Am7
'Cause in the night
I hear 'em talk
         F
Coldest story ever told

           Dm
Somewhere far along this road

             E7
He lost his soul

                     Am7   F
To a woman so heartless

                          Dm
How could you be so heartless

E7
Oh

                           Am7
How could you be so heartless
Talk and talk and talk and talk
F
Baby let's just knock it off

Dm
They don't know what we been through

E7
They don't know 'bout me and you

  Am7
So I got something new to see

     F
And you just gon' keep hatin' me

    Dm              E7
And we just gon' be enemies

            Am7
I know you can't believe

              F
I could just leave it wrong

              Dm
And you can't make it right

               E7
I'm gon' take off tonight
Into the night
        Am7
In the night
I hear 'em talk
         F
Coldest story ever told

           Dm
Somewhere far far far

             E7
He lost his soul

                     Am7   F  Dm  E7
To a woman so heartless

                          Am7
How could you be so heartless

F
Oh

                          Dm
How could you be so heartless

E7
Oh

        Am7
In the night
I hear 'em talk
         F
Coldest story ever told

           Dm
Somewhere far along this road

             E7
He lost his soul

                     F
To a woman so heartless
I'm fairly certain he ends with 'F' but it can also be ended with 'Am7'