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This Is How A Heart Breaks

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Rob Thomas - This Is How A Heart Breaks
Tuning: Normal
Normal Chords Power Chords
e|--Dm-1--G3--Bb-1--C0--Am-0----------Dm----G---Bb----C---Am---------------------------------|
B|---3--3---3--1---1---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2--0---3--0---2-----------7------3--5-----------------------------------|
D|---0--0---3--2---2-----------7--5---3--5---7-------------------------------|
A|---x--2---1--3---0-----------5--5---1--3---7-------------------------------|
E|---x--3---x--x---x--------------3----------5-------------------------------|
[Intro]
Dm
[Verse]
DmDon't you wanna go for a ride
Just keep your hands inside
And make the most out of life
Now don't you take it for gGranted
DmLife is like a mean machine
It made a mess outta me
And left me caught between
Like an angry dream I was sGtranded
I was stranded, yeah yeah yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
And I'm sBbteady but I'm starting to shake
And I doCn't know how much more I can take
[Chorus]
DmThis is it now
Everybody get down
BbThis is all I can take
CThis is how a heart breaks
DmYou take a hit now
You feel it break down
BbMake you stay wide awake
CThis is how a heart breaksDm  
[Verse 2]
DmDon't you wanna go for a ride
Down to the other side
Feels so good you could cry
Now won't you do what I Gtold you
DmI remember when you used to be shy
Yeah, once we were so fine
You and I why you gotta make it so Ghard on me
Yeah, it's hard on me
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And I'm Bbsorry but it's not a mistake
And I'm Crunning but you're getting away
[Chorus]
DmThis is it now
Everybody get down
BbThis is all I can take
CThis is how a heart breaks
DmYou take a hit now
You feel it break down
BbMake you stay wide awake
CThis is how a heart breaksDm  
[Interlude]
GThis is how a heart breaks
Am C Am C
[Chorus]
DmYou're nCot the bBbest thing Cthat I knewDm  
Never was Cnever cared too Bbmuch for all this hCanging arounDmd
It's jCust the sBbame thing Call the tDmime
Never get Cwhat I want, never Bbget you close Cto the end of the lineDm  
You're jCust the Bbsame thing Cthat I knew G  
GRight before the time when I was only for you
[Instrumental]
Dm   Bb   C(2x)
[Chorus]
DmThis is it now
Everybody get down
BbThis is all I can take
CThis is how a heart breaks
DmYou take a hit now
You feel it break down
BbMake you stay wide awake
CThis is how a heart breaks
DmThis is it now
Everybody get down
BbThis is all I can take
CThis is how a heart breaks
DmYou take a hit now
You feel it break down
BbMake you stay wide awake
CThis is how a heart breaksDm  
DmOh-oh-oh, Bboh-oh-oh
CThis is how a heart breaks
DmOh-oh-oh, Bboh-oh-oh
CThis is how a heart breaks
DmOh-oh-oh, Bboh-oh-oh
CThis is how a heart breaks
DmOh-oh-oh, Bboh-oh-oh
CThis is how a heart breaks
DmOh-oh-oh, Bboh-oh-oh
CThis is how a heart breaks
Dmoh Bb  
CThis is how a heart breaks
Dm   BbN.C
This is how a heart breaks
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