The Heart Of The Matter

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          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
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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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D
We all need a little tenderness
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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
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Forgiveness
   Bm
Forgiveness
   D
Forgiveness
G                 A                    D
Even if, even if, you don’t love me anymore