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Hell Bent On A Heartache

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Hell Bent On A Heartache - Guy Clark
No Capo
Intro:
C G Am F
C G Am F
Verse:
CAin't love Gfunny?
AmAin't love Cstrange?
CI say Glove is a Amdangerous Fgame
CShows no Gmercy
AmIt has no Crules
CIt's all the Gsame for the Amkings and Ffools
Chorus:
And I'm Chell Gbent on a AmheartacheF  
CI should know Gbetter
But I Fguess I Fdon't
CI keep on Glearning the Amhard wayF  
Every Ctime I turn aGround
I make the Fsame mistFake
Cause I'm Chell Gbent on a AmheartacheF  
CHell Gbent on a FheartacheF  
Interlude:
C G Am F
C G Am F
Verse:
CSeems I'm Galways 
Amgetting bCurned
CJust you Gwait until the Amtable is tFurned
CLove's a Ggamble
AmLove's a Ccurse
CLove's a Gbitch but it Amcould be Fworse
Chorus:
And I'm Chell Gbent on a AmheartacheF  
CI should know Gbetter
But I Fguess I Fdon't
CI keep on Glearning the Amhard wayF  
Every Ctime I turn aGround
I make the Fsame misFtake
Cause I'm Chell Gbent on a AmheartacheF  
CHell Gbent on a FheartacheF  
Bridge:
GDon't get me Gwrong
G#dimI believe in loAmve
Am/GSometimes that's just D/F#not enough
Chorus:
And I'm Chell Gbent on a AmheartacheF  
CI should know Gbetter
But I Fguess I Fdon't
CI keep on Glearning the Amhard wayF  
Every Ctime I turn aGround
I make the Fsame misFtake
Oh I'm heCll benGt on a heaAmrtacheF  
CHell Gbent on a FheartacheF  
Outro:
C G Am F
C G Am F

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Hell Bent On A Heartache

by Guy Clark

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Chords in this song · guitar

G#dim

Am/G

D/F#

Hell Bent On A Heartache - Guy Clark

No Capo

Intro:

C G Am F

Verse:

C G

Ain't love funny?

Am C

Ain't love strange?

C G Am F

I say love is a dangerous game

C G

Shows no mercy

Am C

It has no rules

C G Am F

It's all the same for the kings and fools

Chorus:

C G Am F

And I'm hell bent on a heartache

C G

I should know better

F F

But I guess I don't

C G Am F

I keep on learning the hard way

C G

Every time I turn around

F F

I make the same mistake

C G Am F

Cause I'm hell bent on a heartache

C G F F

Hell bent on a heartache

Interlude:

C G Am F

Verse:

C G

Seems I'm always

Am C

getting burned

C G Am F

Just you wait until the table is turned

C G

Love's a gamble

Am C

Love's a curse

C G Am F

Love's a bitch but it could be worse

Chorus:

C G Am F

And I'm hell bent on a heartache

C G

I should know better

F F

But I guess I don't

C G Am F

I keep on learning the hard way

C G

Every time I turn around

F F

I make the same mistake

C G Am F

Cause I'm hell bent on a heartache

C G F F

Hell bent on a heartache

Bridge:

G G

Don't get me wrong

G#dim Am

I believe in love

Am/G D/F#

Sometimes that's just not enough

Chorus:

C G Am F

And I'm hell bent on a heartache

C G

I should know better

F F

But I guess I don't

C G Am F

I keep on learning the hard way

C G

Every time I turn around

F F

I make the same mistake

C G Am F

Oh I'm hell bent on a heartache

C G F F

Hell bent on a heartache

Outro:

C G Am F

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