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[Intro]
D G C D
[Verse 1]
Let us Gtalk no more, Emlet us go to sleep,
Let the Crain fall on the window pane,
And Gfill the castle Dkeep,
I am Gweary now, Emweary to my bones,
CWeary from the travelling,
And the Gendless country Droads,
That brought us Chere tonight, for this Dweekend,
And a Gchance to work it Cout,
For we Amcannot live together, Dand we cannot live Emapart,E  
It's the Amclassical dilemma Dbetween the head and the Gheart;C  D  
[Verse 2]
She is Gsleeping now, Emsoftly in the night,
And Cin my heart of darkness 
she has Gbeen the only Dlight,
I am Glost in love, Emlooking at her face,
And Cstill I hear the voice of reason,
GTelling me to Dchase these dreams Caway,
Oh here we Dgo again, 
we're diGvided from the Cstart,
For we Amcannot live together, Dand we cannot live Emapart,E  
It's the Amclassical dilemma Dbetween the head and the Gheart;C  
The Dhead and the GheartC  D  
[Verse 3]
Now the Gdawn begins, and Emstill I cannot sleep,
My Chead is spinning round 
but now the Gway is clear to Dme,
There is Gnothing left, Emnothing left to show,
The Cjury and the judge will see, 
it's Gtime to let her Dgo,
Now hear the Cheart:D  
I Gbelieve that time will Cshow,
She will Amalways be a part of my Dworld,
I don't want to see her Emgo;E  
So I Amplead my case to Dhear the heart,
And GstaEmy
[Outro]
It's Dtime to let her Ggo
I don't want to Dlet her Cgo
It's Dtime to let her Ggo
I don't want to Dlet her Cgo
It's Dtime to let her EmgoE  
And in this Amclassical dilemma,D  
I find for the Gheart.C  D  G  

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The Head And The Heart

by Chris de Burgh

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

D G C D

[Verse 1]

G Em

Let us talk no more, let us go to sleep,

Let the rain fall on the window pane,

G D

And fill the castle keep,

G Em

I am weary now, weary to my bones,

Weary from the travelling,

G D

And the endless country roads,

C D

That brought us here tonight, for this weekend,

G C

And a chance to work it out,

Am D Em E

For we cannot live together, and we cannot live apart,

Am D G C D

It's the classical dilemma between the head and the heart;

[Verse 2]

G Em

She is sleeping now, softly in the night,

And in my heart of darkness

G D

she has been the only light,

G Em

I am lost in love, looking at her face,

And still I hear the voice of reason,

G D C

Telling me to chase these dreams away,

Oh here we go again,

G C

we're divided from the start,

Am D Em E

For we cannot live together, and we cannot live apart,

Am D G C

It's the classical dilemma between the head and the heart;

D G C D

The head and the heart

[Verse 3]

G Em

Now the dawn begins, and still I cannot sleep,

My head is spinning round

G D

but now the way is clear to me,

G Em

There is nothing left, nothing left to show,

The jury and the judge will see,

G D

it's time to let her go,

C D

Now hear the heart:

G C

I believe that time will show,

Am D

She will always be a part of my world,

Em E

I don't want to see her go;

Am D

So I plead my case to hear the heart,

G Em

And stay

[Outro]

D G

It's time to let her go

D C

I don't want to let her go

D G

It's time to let her go

D C

I don't want to let her go

D Em E

It's time to let her go

Am D

And in this classical dilemma,

G C D G

I find for the heart.

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