THE HEART OF THE MATTER   (Don Henley)   
 
 
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 I got a call today, I didn't wanna hear
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But I knew that it would come
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 An old, true friend of ours was talkin' on the phone
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she said you found someone
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And I thought of all the bad luck and the struggles we went through
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And how I lost me and you lost you
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what are these voices outside love's open door
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Make us throw off our contentment
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and beg for something more?


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 I'm learning to live without you now
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but I miss you sometimes
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 The more I know the less I understand
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all the things I thought I knew I'm learning again 
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 I've been tryin' to get down to the heart of the matter 
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But my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter
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But I think it's about forgiveness  forgiveness
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even if, even if you don't love me anymore


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These times are so uncertain there's a yearning undefined
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people filled with rage
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We all need a little tenderness how can love survive
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in such a graceless age?
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The trust and self-assurance that lead to happiness
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they're the very things we kill, I guess 
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Pride and competition cannot fill these empty arms 
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And the work I put between us
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you know it doesn't  keep me warm


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 I'm learning to live without you now but I miss you baby
D                     Bm
 The more I know the less I understand 
          G
all the things I thought I 'd figured out 
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I have to learn again
D                            G
 I've been tryin' to get down to the heart of the matter
    D                 G
But everything changes and my friends seem to scatter
                   D              Bm
But I think it's about forgiveness   forgiveness
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even if, even if you don't love me anymore


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           C                          G
There are people in your life who've come and gone
     Am                          G
They let you down you know they hurt your pride
C                                            Em 
 you better put it all behind you baby cause life goes on
          A            A4            A            A4 
You keep carryin' that anger, It'll eat you up inside baby


D                            G
 I've been tryin' to get down to the heart of the matter
        D            G
But my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter
                   D              Bm
But I think it's about forgiveness   forgiveness
G                 A        A4 
even if, even if you don't love me
D                            G
 I've been tryin' to get down to the heart of the matter
              D                G
Because the flesh will get weak and the ashes will scatter
                 D              Bm
So I'm thinkin about forgiveness  forgiveness
G                 A        A4      D           Bm
even if, even if you don't love me  forgiveness, forgiveness...
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even if, even if you don't love me anymore

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