UNBREAKABLE HEART (by Benmont Tench; recorded by Carlene Carter)
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[Actually in Bb; capo 3.]
[Each chord is half a measure, except "Em - D" is one measure total.]
[Sorry it's kind of hard to read; the lines of this song are structured
oddly. All the verses are basically the same, but I wrote them all out
because they're not easy to memorize.]
[I'm pretty unsure about a lot of these chords, especially in the bridge.
Any suggestions are more than welcome.]
[The C's and Em's with * by them have an extra high G in them (pinky on
the 3rd fret of the E string).]
[Some unusual chord fingerings, and more comments, are at the end.]
[intro]
An empty house, a broken fairy tale
* * * /D
A hollow girl with empty arms
* *
>From an angel's tears, God made the stars
/ / * Am7/
Why can't he make me an unbreakable heart
[instrumental]
In my blue world, you shone like heaven's fire
* * * /D
And left me crying in the dark
* *
How could any - one be so hard
/ / * /
Did you think I had an unbreakable heart
Ddim7/ -5 -
I suppose I should know sometimes love just comes and goes
Ddim7/ -5 -
But I believed, foolish me, we'd go on and on
One day, someone will come to you
* * * /D
And rock you tight - ly in her arms
* *
Please remember this when you drop your guard
/ / * Am7/
Nobody has an unbreakable heart
* *
>From an angel's wings to a falling star
/ / * Am7/ .
God makes everything but unbreakable hearts
CHORDS:
: xx0010 *: 022003 *: x32013 : xx0010 : x02030
/: x42000 : xx0210 Ddim7: xx0101 or xx0131 -5: 2x2210
A couple other notes on the chords:
1) The C* and Em* chords probably aren't really played by the guitar;
I just put them in because they echo the melody of the song.
2) The B7 isjust two quarter notes. The first doesn't include an F# on
the high E string, the second does. (I.e., play x2120x, then x21202.)
3) In the bridge, where it goes Em - D, don't play the highest strings on
either of those chords. (The D is more like D5.)
4) In the A9/C#, make sure you hit that C#, or it'll sound weird.
5) In the Em* chords before A9/C#, you can play the descending notes
by moving your pinky from 3 down to 2 as you get toward the A9.