Don Henley – Heart Of The Matter chords

Song rocks in the key of D.

Chords used:
D:	xx0232
Asus4:	x02230
G:	320033
Em7:	022033
D/F#:	2x0232
G/B:	x20033
Cadd9:	x32033

Intro Riff:

E -2---2---0--2--0-3--|----------------|B -3---3---2--3--3-3--|----------------|G -2---2---3--2--2-2--|----------------|D -0---0---0--0--0-0--|----------------|A -----------------0--|----------------|E --------------------|----------------|
   D               A7sus4

Intro Riff x 4

Verse 1:
DI got the call today
      Asus4And I didn't want to hear
      GBut I knew that it would come
DAn old true friend of ours
    Asus4Was talking on the phone
               GShe said you'd found someone

      Asus4And I thought of all the bad luck
        
And the struggles we went through
    GHow I lost me, and you lost you
Asus4What are all these voices
   
Outside love's open door
        GMake us throw off our contentment
    Asus4And beg for something more

Chorus:
D               Em7             D/F# I'm learning to live without you now
      GBut I miss you sometimes
Asus4                  G/BThe more I know, the less I understand
        GAll the things I thought I knew
    Asus4I'm learning again

DI've been trying to get down
Em7 To the heart of the matter
       D/F# But my will gets weak
GAnd my thoughts seem to scatter
                 Asus4But I think it's about
             G/BForgiveness, Forgiveness
G                Asus4Even if, Even if you don't love me anymore

Intro Riff X2

(same pattern as first verse):
Ah these times are so uncertain
There's a yearning undefined
People filled with rage
We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive
In such a graceless age
Oh the trust and self-assurance
That lead to happiness
They're the very things we kill I guess
Oh pride and competition
Cannot fill these empty arms
And the work I put between us
You know it doesn't keep me warm

Chorus:
I'm learning to live without you now
But I miss you baby
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I figured out
I have to learn again

I've been trying to get down
To the heart of the matter
But everything changesgets weak
And my friends seem to scatter
But I think it's about
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
Even if, Even if you don't love me anymore

(instead of riff 1, play 2 bars of D)

Bridge:
          Cadd9There are people in your life
G/B Who've come and gone
     Asus4They let you down
              G/BYou know they hurt your pride
Cadd9You better put it all behind you babe
     G/B 'Cuz life goes on
         Asus4You keep carrying that anger
         Asus4It'll eat you up inside baby

Chorus:
I've been trying to get down
To the heart of the matter
But my will gets weak
And my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's about
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
Even if, Even if you don't love me

I've been trying to get down
To the heart of the matter
Because the flesh will get weak
And the ashes will scatter
But I think it's about
Forgiveness, Forgiveness
Even if, Even if you don't love me

(follow pattern of chorus and fade out)