LEONARD COHEN – Happens To The Heart Chords and Lyrics

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This song is from the album Thanks for the Dance(2019), released on 22 November 2019.
Vocals: Leonard Cohen ,
Producer(s): Leonard Cohen ,
Writer(s): Leonard Cohen ,

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Scale: D Minor
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 90
Suggested Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU
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[INTRO]

Dm Gm Bb A

[VERSE]
Dm
I was always working steady
        Gm
But I never called it art
Bb
I got my shit together
          A
Meeting Christ and reading Marx

    Dm
It failed my little fire
           Gm
But it's bright the dying spark
     Bb
Go tell the young messiah
A                    Dm Gm Bb A
What happens to the heart
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[VERSE]
          Dm
There's a mist of summer kisses
         Gm
Where I tried to double-park
       Bb
The rivalry was vicious
      A
The women were in charge

         Dm
It was nothing, it was business
          Gm
But it left an ugly mark
       Bb
I've come here to revisit
   A                 Dm Gm  Bb A
What happens to the heart

[VERSE]
        Dm
I was selling holy trinkets
         Gm
I was dressing kind of sharp
        Bb
Had a pussy in the kitchen
       A
And a panther in the yard

          Dm
In the prison of the gifted
         Gm
I was friendly with the guards
       Bb
So I never had to witness
A                     Bb Gm F A
What happens to the heart

[VERSE]
     Dm
I should have seen it coming
Gm
After all I knew the chart
         Bb
Just to look at her was trouble
          A
It was trouble from the start

          Dm
Sure we played a stunning couple
        Gm
But I never liked the part
           Bb
It ain't pretty, it ain't subtle
A                      Dm Gm Bb A
What happens to the heart
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[VERSE]
          Dm
Now the angel's got a fiddle
      Gm
The devil's got a harp
        Bb
Every soul is like a minnow
       A
Every mind is like a shark

       Dm
I've broken every window
          Gm
But the house, the house is dark
     Bb
I care but very little
A                      Dm Gm Bb A
What happens to the heart

[VERSE]
         Dm
Then I studied with this beggar
         Gm
He was filthy, he was scarred
         Bb
By the claws of many women
          A
He had failed to disregard

      Dm
No fable here no lesson
     Gm
No singing meadowlark
        Bb
Just a filthy beggar guessing
A                     Bb Gm F A
What happens to the heart

[VERSE]
        Dm
I was always working steady
       Gm
But I never called it art
            Bb
It was just some old convention
           A
Like the horse before the cart

  Dm
I had no trouble betting
         Gm
On the flood, against the ark
            Bb
You see, I knew about the ending
A            Dm          Gm Bb A
What happens to the heart

[INSTRUMENTAL] 

Dm Gm Bb A

[OUTRO]
     Dm
I was handy with a rifle
     Gm
My father's .303
     Bb
I fought for something final
A
Not the right to disagree
 
  

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