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The Heartache

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
INTRO:   E   A   E   A   B(2x)
ShEadows falling in the nBoon day sEun
BlAue feEeling to the mBaximEum
LAook what hC#mappens when you lBove someEone
And they dAon't lEove yoBu
CHORUS:
TBhe heartaEche, the risk you F#mrun
The chance you tG#make when you love someC#mone
And the sAorrEow for the lAonely Eone
When the hAeartBache cEomes
repeat INTRO
NEever thought I'd be alBone like thEis
GAuess I shEould have been a rBealiEst
ThAat's the trC#mouble with relBationshEips
They Aend tEoo soBon
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
And the dC#markness falls
And the rF#main comes down
In the mC#midst of spring
TF#mhere's a sadness in the hEeart of things
INSTRUMENTAL part:  E   B   E   F#m   E   B   E   F#m   E   B(or something like that)
CHORUS
repeat INTRO
EShadows falling in the nBoon day Esun
BlAue feEeling to the mBaximEum

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The Heartache

by Warren Zevon

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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C#m

F#m

G#m

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E A E A B

INTRO: (2x)

E B E

Shadows falling in the noon day sun

A E B E

Blue feeling to the maximum

A C#m B E

Look what happens when you love someone

A E B

And they don't love you

CHORUS:

B E F#m

The heartache, the risk you run

G#m C#m

The chance you take when you love someone

A E A E

And the sorrow for the lonely one

A B E

When the heartache comes

repeat INTRO

E B E

Never thought I'd be alone like this

A E B E

Guess I should have been a realist

A C#m B E

That's the trouble with relationships

A E B

They end too soon

CHORUS

BRIDGE:

C#m

And the darkness falls

F#m

And the rain comes down

C#m

In the midst of spring

F#m E

There's a sadness in the heart of things

E B E F#m E B E F#m E B

INSTRUMENTAL part: (or something like that)

CHORUS

repeat INTRO

E B E

Shadows falling in the noon day sun

A E B E

Blue feeling to the maximum

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