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When A Heart Begins To Drift

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[Verse 1]
Neither Cadd9ore was Cin the Gwater
Neither Ceye was on the Gshore
So I C/Eguess I Cnever GnoticeCd
The Fapproaching storm
When I Cadd9took in Call the Gdamage
And the Cclouds Cadd9began to Flift
                             F/D       G* G6*G/D  
I found out it wasn't worth the risk
[Chorus]
When a F/Cheart begins to CdriftCadd9  C  
And the Gmind begins to Cwonder
It's Famazing just how Cquick
Love can lGoose its wings
You were F/Calmost out of Creach
I was G/Dclose to goin' unAmder
F/CI know now how Cdangerous it Gis
When a Cheart Cadd9begins to F/Cdrift
[Verse 2]
Never Cadd9told myCself I'm Gleavin'
Never Cfelt your Cadd9arm break Gfree
I don't reC/Emember Cany dGistant Cvoices Fcalling me
Though your Cmemory wasn't Gfaded
I could Cfill my cup with Fshame
                                  F/D        G*  G6*G/D  
Even love as strong as ours can fall apart
[Chorus]
When a F/Cheart begins to CdriftCadd9  C  
And the Gmind begins to Cwonder
It's Famazing just how Cquick
Love can lGoose its wings
You were F/Calmost out of Creach
I was G/Dclose to goin' unAmder
F/CI know now how Cdangerous it Gis
When a Cheart Cadd9begins to F/Cdrift
[Solo]
[Bridge]
But Gnow you're out of Dreach
                    B      G* G6* G(these two are very soft)
And I'm slowly going under
DNow I know how dangerous it Ais
When a Dheart begins to Gdrift

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When A Heart Begins To Drift

by Eric Heatherly

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

C/E

F/D

G/D

F/C

[Verse 1]

Cadd9 C G

Neither ore was in the water

C G

Neither eye was on the shore

C/E C G C

So I guess I never noticed

The approaching storm

Cadd9 C G

When I took in all the damage

C Cadd9 F

And the clouds began to lift

F/D G G6 G/D

* *

I found out it wasn't worth the risk

[Chorus]

F/C C Cadd9 C

When a heart begins to drift

G C

And the mind begins to wonder

F C

It's amazing just how quick

Love can loose its wings

F/C C

You were almost out of reach

G/D Am

I was close to goin' under

F/C C G

I know now how dangerous it is

C Cadd9 F/C

When a heart begins to drift

[Verse 2]

Cadd9 C G

Never told myself I'm leavin'

C Cadd9 G

Never felt your arm break free

C/E C G C F

I don't remember any distant voices calling me

C G

Though your memory wasn't faded

C F

I could fill my cup with shame

F/D G G6 G/D

* *

Even love as strong as ours can fall apart

[Chorus]

F/C C Cadd9 C

When a heart begins to drift

G C

And the mind begins to wonder

F C

It's amazing just how quick

Love can loose its wings

F/C C

You were almost out of reach

G/D Am

I was close to goin' under

F/C C G

I know now how dangerous it is

C Cadd9 F/C

When a heart begins to drift

[Solo]

[Bridge]

G D

But now you're out of reach

B G G6 G

* * (these two are very soft)

And I'm slowly going under

D A

Now I know how dangerous it is

D G

When a heart begins to drift

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