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Heart Of The Matter Tab

by Don Henley



Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Keywords: Don Henley
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Lines: 165


Intro Riff:

E -2---2---0--2--0-3--|----------------|
B -3---3---2--3--3-3--|----------------|
G -2---2---3--2--2-2--|----------------|
D -0---0---0--0--0-0--|----------------|
A --------------------|----------------|
E --------------------|----------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^  .  ^   .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

Intro Riff x 4

Verse 1:

I got the call today
      
And I didn't want to hear
      
But I knew that it would come

An old true friend of ours
    
Was talking on the phone
               
She said you'd found someone

      
And I thought of all the bad luck
        
And the struggles we went through
    
How I lost me, and you lost you

What are all these voices
   
Outside love's open door
        
Make us throw off our contentment
    
And beg for something more


Chorus:
                             
I'm learning to live without you now
      
But I miss you sometimes
                    
The more I know, the less I understand
        
All the things I thought I knew
    
I'm learning again


I've been trying to get down

To the heart of the matter
       
But my will gets weak

And my thoughts seem to scatter
                 
But I think it's about
             
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
                
Even if, Even if you don't love me anymore

Intro Riff X2

(same pattern as first verse):
Ah these times are so uncertain
There's a yearning undefined
People filled with rage
We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive
In such a graceless age
Oh the trust and self-assurance
That lead to happiness
They're the very things we kill I guess
Oh pride and competition
Cannot fill these empty arms
And the work I put between us
You know it doesn't keep me warm

Chorus:
I'm learning to live without you now
But I miss you baby
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I figured out
I have to learn again

I've been trying to get down
To the heart of the matter
But everything changesgets weak
And my friends seem to scatter
But I think it's about
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
Even if, Even if you don't love me anymore

(instead of riff 1, play 2 bars of D)

Bridge:
          
There are people in your life

Who've come and gone
     
They let you down
              
You know they hurt your pride

You better put it all behind you babe
     
'Cuz life goes on
         
You keep carrying that anger

It'll eat you up inside baby


Chorus:
I've been trying to get down
To the heart of the matter
But my will gets weak
And my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's about
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
Even if, Even if you don't love me

I've been trying to get down
To the heart of the matter
Because the flesh will get weak
And the ashes will scatter
But I think it's about
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
Even if, Even if you don't love me

(follow pattern of chorus and fade out)

Chords Used:
:	xx0232
:	x02220
:	320003
:	x02223 or x02020
:	002220
:	224432
:	x24432
:	x32010
:	x20003
:	x02210

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"I wanna find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each others paint-by-number dreams"		-- Jackson Browne

"In my dreams I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows they learned to swim"		-- U2
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