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Hiding My Heart

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[Chords]
      C|x32010|                        G|320033|
  Fmaj7|xx3210|                       G6|320000|   
     Am|x02210|                       Dm|xx0231|
    G/B|x20033|                    Asus2|x02200|
      F|xx3211|                    Gadd6|xx5430|
Title: Hiding My Heart
Artist: Adele
Transcription by Benjamin Förster (benj@mailbox.org)
Capo -1 (tune your guitar down one semitone)
[Intro] 
C  Fmaj7  C   Fmaj7
[Verse]
So Cthis is how the Fmaj7story went
I Ammet someone by G/Baccident 
who Fblew me away,     C  Fblew me awayG  
It was Cin the darkest G/Bof my days
When you Amtook my sorrow and you G6took my pain
And Fburied them away,   Cyou Fburied them awayG  
[Chorus]
I Dmwish I could lay Gdown beside you Cwhen the day is Amdone
And Dmwake up to your Gface against the AmmornAsus2ing    Amsun
But like Dmeverything I've Gever known you'll Cdisappear one Amday
So I'll Dmspend my whole life Ghiding my heart aCwayFmaj7  C  Fmaj7  
[Verse]
I Cdropped you off at the Fmaj7train station,   Amput a kiss on G/Btop of your head
I Fwatched you wavCe,   Fwatched you wavGe
Then I Cwent on home to my G/Bskyscrapers and Amneon lights and G6waiting papers
That FI call homCe,   I Fcall that homGe
[Chorus]
I Dmwish I could lay Gdown beside you Cwhen the day is Amdone
And Dmwake up to your Gface against the AmmornAsus2ing    Amsun
But like Dmeverything I've Gever known you'll Cdisappear one Amday
So I'll Dmspend my whole life Ghiding my heart aCway    Fmaj7awayC, Fmaj7yeah
C  Fmaj7  C   Fmaj7
[Verse]
I Cwoke up feeling Fmaj7heavy hearted, I'm Amgoing back to where I G/Bstarted
The Fmorning raiCn, the Fmorning rainG  
And Cthough I wish that you were G/Bhere
On that Amsame old road that G6brought me here
Is Fcalling me homeC,  is Fcalling me homeG  
[Chorus]
I Dmwish I could lay Gdown beside you Cwhen the day is Amdone
And Dmwake up to your fGadd6ace against the mAmorniAsus2ng    sAmun
But like Dmeverything I've Gever known you'll Cdisappear one Amday
So I'll Dmspend my whole life Ghiding my heart aCway
I can't Dmspend my whole life Ghiding my heart aCway

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Hiding My Heart

by Adele

Lyrics & chords · Original key

[Chords]

C G

|x32010| |320033|

Fmaj7 G6

|xx3210| |320000|

Am Dm

|x02210| |xx0231|

G/B Asus2

|x20033| |x02200|

F Gadd6

|xx3211| |xx5430|

Title: Hiding My Heart

Artist: Adele

Transcription by Benjamin Förster (benj@mailbox.org)

Capo -1 (tune your guitar down one semitone)

[Intro]

C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

[Verse]

C Fmaj7

So this is how the story went

Am G/B

I met someone by accident

F C F G

who blew me away, blew me away

C G/B

It was in the darkest of my days

Am G6

When you took my sorrow and you took my pain

F C F G

And buried them away, you buried them away

[Chorus]

Dm G C Am

I wish I could lay down beside you when the day is done

Dm G Am Asus2 Am

And wake up to your face against the morning sun

Dm G C Am

But like everything I've ever known you'll disappear one day

Dm G C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

So I'll spend my whole life hiding my heart away

[Verse]

C Fmaj7 Am G/B

I dropped you off at the train station, put a kiss on top of your head

F C F G

I watched you wave, watched you wave

C G/B Am G6

Then I went on home to my skyscrapers and neon lights and waiting papers

F C F G

That I call home, I call that home

[Chorus]

Dm G C Am

I wish I could lay down beside you when the day is done

Dm G Am Asus2 Am

And wake up to your face against the morning sun

Dm G C Am

But like everything I've ever known you'll disappear one day

Dm G C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

So I'll spend my whole life hiding my heart away away, yeah

C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7

[Verse]

C Fmaj7 Am G/B

I woke up feeling heavy hearted, I'm going back to where I started

F C F G

The morning rain, the morning rain

C G/B

And though I wish that you were here

Am G6

On that same old road that brought me here

F C F G

Is calling me home, is calling me home

[Chorus]

Dm G C Am

I wish I could lay down beside you when the day is done

Dm Gadd6 Am Asus2 Am

And wake up to your face against the morning sun

Dm G C Am

But like everything I've ever known you'll disappear one day

Dm G C

So I'll spend my whole life hiding my heart away

Dm G C

I can't spend my whole life hiding my heart away

About Hiding My Heart Chords by Adele

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