The Blackboard Of My Heart Chords by Hank Thompson
Tempo:
71.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Em
Ebm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ebm] [G] [D] [Em] [A] [D]
When I was young and went to school, they taught me [A] how to write.
To take the chalk and make a mark and hope [D] it turns out right.
Well that's the way it is with love and what you did [G] to me.
I wrote it so [D] you'd know that I was [A] yours [D] eternally.
But my tears have washed I love you from the blackboard of [A] my heart.
It's too late to clean the slate and make [D] another start.
I'm satisfied the way things are although we're [G] far apart.
My tears [Bm] have washed [A] I love you from the blackboard [D] of my heart.
[D]
[G] [D] [A] [D]
If you'd been true the way you should and not have gone [A] astray.
These tears would not have fallen down and washed the [D] words away.
No need to talk for if the chalk should write those words [G] again.
It will [D] be for someone [A] else not things that [D] might have been.
But my tears have washed I love you from the [A] blackboard of my heart.
It's too late to [Em] clean the slate and [A] make another [D] start.
I'm satisfied the way things are although we're [G] far [Am] apart.
[G] My tears have washed [D] I love you from [A] the blackboard of [D] my heart.
[Gm] [D] [N]
When I was young and went to school, they taught me [A] how to write.
To take the chalk and make a mark and hope [D] it turns out right.
Well that's the way it is with love and what you did [G] to me.
I wrote it so [D] you'd know that I was [A] yours [D] eternally.
But my tears have washed I love you from the blackboard of [A] my heart.
It's too late to clean the slate and make [D] another start.
I'm satisfied the way things are although we're [G] far apart.
My tears [Bm] have washed [A] I love you from the blackboard [D] of my heart.
[D]
[G] [D] [A] [D]
If you'd been true the way you should and not have gone [A] astray.
These tears would not have fallen down and washed the [D] words away.
No need to talk for if the chalk should write those words [G] again.
It will [D] be for someone [A] else not things that [D] might have been.
But my tears have washed I love you from the [A] blackboard of my heart.
It's too late to [Em] clean the slate and [A] make another [D] start.
I'm satisfied the way things are although we're [G] far [Am] apart.
[G] My tears have washed [D] I love you from [A] the blackboard of [D] my heart.
[Gm] [D] [N]
Key:
D
A
G
Em
Ebm
D
A
G
[Ebm] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ [D] _
_ When I was young and went to school, they taught me [A] how to write.
To take the chalk and make a mark and hope [D] it turns out right.
Well that's the way it is with love and what you did [G] to me.
I wrote it so [D] you'd know that I was [A] yours [D] eternally.
_ But my tears have washed I love you from the blackboard of [A] my heart.
It's too late to clean the slate and make [D] another start.
I'm satisfied the way things are although we're [G] far apart.
My tears [Bm] have washed [A] I love you from the blackboard [D] of my heart.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ If you'd been true the way you should and not have gone [A] astray.
These tears would not have fallen down and washed the [D] words away.
No need to talk for if the chalk should write those words [G] again.
It will [D] be for someone [A] else not things that [D] might have been.
But my tears have washed I love you from the [A] blackboard of my heart.
It's too late to [Em] clean the slate and [A] make another [D] start.
I'm satisfied the way things are although we're [G] far [Am] apart.
[G] My tears have washed [D] I love you from [A] the blackboard of [D] my heart.
[Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ When I was young and went to school, they taught me [A] how to write.
To take the chalk and make a mark and hope [D] it turns out right.
Well that's the way it is with love and what you did [G] to me.
I wrote it so [D] you'd know that I was [A] yours [D] eternally.
_ But my tears have washed I love you from the blackboard of [A] my heart.
It's too late to clean the slate and make [D] another start.
I'm satisfied the way things are although we're [G] far apart.
My tears [Bm] have washed [A] I love you from the blackboard [D] of my heart.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ If you'd been true the way you should and not have gone [A] astray.
These tears would not have fallen down and washed the [D] words away.
No need to talk for if the chalk should write those words [G] again.
It will [D] be for someone [A] else not things that [D] might have been.
But my tears have washed I love you from the [A] blackboard of my heart.
It's too late to [Em] clean the slate and [A] make another [D] start.
I'm satisfied the way things are although we're [G] far [Am] apart.
[G] My tears have washed [D] I love you from [A] the blackboard of [D] my heart.
[Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _