The Heart Of The Matter for Baritone Guitar   
Don Henley


   Riff 
A -------------------|
E -2--2--0--2--0--3--|
C -2--2--2--2--2--2--|
G -2--2--2--2--2--2--|
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A--------------------|
   
Intro Riff x 4

Verse 1:
A
I got the call today
      E      
And I didn't want to hear
      D      
But I knew that it would come

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C------------3--2--|
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A
An old true friend of ours
    E    
Was talking on the phone
               D               
She said you'd found someone

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      E      
And I thought of all the bad luck
        E7        
And the struggles we went through
    D    
How I lost me, and you lost you
E
What are all these voices
   E7   
Outside love's open door
        D        
Make us throw off our contentment
    E    
And beg for something more


Chorus:
A                E               F#M                            
I'm learning to live without you now
      D      
But I miss you sometimes
A                    F#M                   
The more I know, the less I understand
        D        
All the things I thought I knew
    E    
I'm learning again
A
I've been trying to get down
E
To the heart of the matter
       F#M       
But my will gets weak
D
And my thoughts seem to scatter
                 A                 
But I think it's about
             F#M             
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
D                E                
Even if, Even if you don't love me anymore

Intro Riff X2

   Riff 
A -------------------|
E -2--2--0--2--0--3--|
C -2--2--2--2--2--2--|
G -2--2--2--2--2--2--|
D -------------------|
A--------------------|

         A
Ah these times are so uncertain
          E
There's a yearning undefined
D
People filled with rage

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E---3--2--0-----2--|
C------------3--2--|
G---------------2--|

       A
We all need a little tenderness
E
How can love survive
   D
In such a graceless age

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C------------3-----2--|
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       E
Oh the trust and self-assurance

That lead to happiness
D
They're the very things we kill I guess
   E
Oh pride and competition

Cannot fill these empty arms
        D
And the work I put between us
            E
You know it doesn't keep me warm

Chorus:
A                Bm              C#m
I'm learning to live without you now
      D
But I miss you baby
    A                F#m
The more I know, the less I understand
        D
All the things I thought I figured out
  E
I have to learn again
A
I've been trying to get down
Bm
To the heart of the matter
    C#m
But everything changes 
D
And my friends seem to scatter
                  A
But I think it's about
             F#m
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
D                E                    A
Even if, Even if you don't love me anymore

 (play 2 bars of A)

Bridge:
          G          
There are people in your life
F#m
Who've come and gone
     Em     
They let you down
              F#m             
You know they hurt your pride
G
You better put it all behind you babe
     F#m     
'Cuz life goes on
         E         
You keep carrying that anger

It'll eat you up inside baby


Chorus:
A
I've been trying to get down
Bm
To the heart of the matter
       C#m
But my will gets weak
D
And my thoughts seem to scatter
                 A
But I think it's about
             F#m
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
D                E
Even if, Even if you don't love me
A
I've been trying to get down
Bm
To the heart of the matter
            C#m
Because the flesh will get weak
D
And the ashes will scatter
                A
So I'm thinking about
              F#m       
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
D                E
Even if, Even if you don't love me
A            Bm                C#m
Forgiveness, Forgiveness  baby
              D            A
Forgiveness, Forgiveness  ahhh baby
    F#m          D       E                    A
Ahh Forgiveness, Even if you don't love me anymore
             Bm           C#m
Forgiveness, Forgiveness    (fade)

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