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Melt Your Heart

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 30Position: 2

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[Intro]
Capo 5th fret
 [D (= G)                 [A (= D)                 [Em (= Am)               [G (= C)    [A (= D)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
e|2---2---2---2---2---0---|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|3---3---3---3---3---3---|2---2---2---2---2---0---|------------------------|0---0---0---2---2---0---|
G|2-----------------------|2---2---2---2---2---2---|0---0---0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---2---2---2---|
D|0-----------------------|2-----------------------|2---2---2---2---2---2---|0---0---0---2---2---2---|
A|------------------------|0-----------------------|2-----------------------|------------0-----------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|0-----------------------|3-----------------------|
Version for capo 5th fret: transpose -5.
[Intro]
|  G|  D|  Am|  C   D|
|  G|  D|  Am|  C   D|
[Verse 1]
                  G            D   Am|  C   D|
Nothing is ever as good as it was 
                                     G                           D          Am|  C   D|
And what's good for your soul will be bad on your nerves if you reverse it 
[Chorus]
It's bound to Ammelt your heart Cone way or aDnother 
It's bound to Ammelt your heart for Cgood or for Dbad 
It's like a Amvalentine Cfrom your Dmother 
                               Am|  C| % |          
It's bound to melt your hea-ea-ea-eart 
[Verse 2]
                           G                        D   Am|  C   D|
And we've lost the people we could have loved, and you ... 
                             G                             D    Am|  C   D|
What you know you have or you think you aren't It's never perfect 
[Chorus]
It's bound to Ammelt your heart Cone way or aDnother 
It's bound to Ammelt your heart for Cgood or for Dbad 
It's like a Amvalentine Cfrom your Dmother 
                               Am|  C|            C        D7sus4|          
It's bound to melt your hea-ea-ea-eart                (Are we ...)
                                       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  
                                     e|------------------------|
                                     B|--------------------1---|
                                     G|--------0-------0-------|
                                     D|----2-------0-----------|
                                     A|3-----------------------|
                                     E|------------------------|
[Bridge]
Are we CkilGling Dtime? 
Are we Bkilling each C/Eother?
[Chorus]
|  Am|    C    D|  Am|    C    D|
      (Ooh-ooh- ooh, ooh-ooh- ooh)
|  Am|    C    D|  Am|      C|  C|
     (Ooh-ooh- ooh, ooh-ooh- ooh)
[Verse 3]
When you're Gkissing someone who's too Dmuch like you, It's like Amkissing on a Cmir-Dror
When you're Gsleeping with someone who Ddoesn't get you, you're gonna Amhate yourself in the Cmo-or-Dning
[Chorus]
It's bound to Ammelt your heart Cone way or aDnother 
It's bound to Ammelt your heart for Cgood or for Dbad 
It's like a Amvalentine Cfrom your Dmother 
It's bound to Ammelt your hea-ea-ea-Ceart
                                 (Ooh-ooh-ooh)

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Melt Your Heart

by Jenny Lewis

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

D7sus4

C/E

[Intro]

Capo 5th fret

[D (= G) [A (= D) [Em (= Am) [G (= C) [A (= D)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +

e|2---2---2---2---2---0---|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

B|3---3---3---3---3---3---|2---2---2---2---2---0---|------------------------|0---0---0---2---2---0---|

G|2-----------------------|2---2---2---2---2---2---|0---0---0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---2---2---2---|

D|0-----------------------|2-----------------------|2---2---2---2---2---2---|0---0---0---2---2---2---|

A|------------------------|0-----------------------|2-----------------------|------------0-----------|

E|------------------------|------------------------|0-----------------------|3-----------------------|

Version for capo 5th fret: transpose -5.

[Intro]

G D Am C D

| | | | |

G D Am C D

| | | | |

[Verse 1]

G D Am C D

| |

Nothing is ever as good as it was

G D Am C D

| |

And what's good for your soul will be bad on your nerves if you reverse it

[Chorus]

Am C D

It's bound to melt your heart one way or another

Am C D

It's bound to melt your heart for good or for bad

Am C D

It's like a valentine from your mother

Am C

| | % |

It's bound to melt your hea-ea-ea-eart

[Verse 2]

G D Am C D

| |

And we've lost the people we could have loved, and you ...

G D Am C D

| |

What you know you have or you think you aren't It's never perfect

[Chorus]

Am C D

It's bound to melt your heart one way or another

Am C D

It's bound to melt your heart for good or for bad

Am C D

It's like a valentine from your mother

Am C C D7sus4

| | |

It's bound to melt your hea-ea-ea-eart (Are we ...)

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +

e|------------------------|

B|--------------------1---|

G|--------0-------0-------|

D|----2-------0-----------|

A|3-----------------------|

E|------------------------|

[Bridge]

C G D

Are we killing time?

B C/E

Are we killing each other?

[Chorus]

Am C D Am C D

| | | | |

(Ooh-ooh- ooh, ooh-ooh- ooh)

Am C D Am C C

| | | | | |

(Ooh-ooh- ooh, ooh-ooh- ooh)

[Verse 3]

G D Am C D

When you're kissing someone who's too much like you, It's like kissing on a mir-ror

G D Am C D

When you're sleeping with someone who doesn't get you, you're gonna hate yourself in the mo-or-ning

[Chorus]

Am C D

It's bound to melt your heart one way or another

Am C D

It's bound to melt your heart for good or for bad

Am C D

It's like a valentine from your mother

Am C

It's bound to melt your hea-ea-ea-eart

(Ooh-ooh-ooh)

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