Chords for Leonard Cohen - Happens to the Heart (Official Video)

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[A] _ _ I [D] was always working steady, but [Gm] I never called it art.
_ [Bb] I got my shit together, [A] meeting Christ and reading Marks.
It failed, my little fire, but it [Gm] spread the dying spark.
[Bb] Go tell the young Messiah. _
[A] _ What happens [Dm] to the heart? _ _
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[A] _ _ There's [Dm] a mist of summer kisses where [Gm] I tried to double park.
[Bb] The rivalry was vicious.
[A] The women were in charge.
It was [D] nothing.
It was business.
But it [G] left an ugly mark.
[Bb] I've come here to revisit. _
[A] _ What [Dm] happens to the heart? _ _
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[A] _ _ I [D] was selling holy trinkets.
I [Gm] was dressing kind of sharp.
Had [Bb] a pussy in the kitchen and [A] a panther in the yard.
In [Dm] the prison of the gift, I was [Gm] friendly with the guards,
[Bb] so I never had to witness. _
[A] _ What happens to [Bb] the heart? _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [Dm] I should have seen it coming.
After [G] all, I knew the chart.
Just [Bb] a look at her was trouble.
It was [A] trouble from the star.
Sure, we [Dm] played a stunning couple,
but [Gm] I never liked the part.
It [Bb] ain't pretty.
It ain't subtle. _
[A] _ What happens [Dm] to the heart? _ _
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[A] _ _ Now [Dm] the angel's got a fiddle.
[D] The devil's got a harp.
Every soul is like a minnow.
Every mind is like a shark.
May I have broken every window, but the [G] house is dark.
[Bb] I care but very little. _
[A] _ What happens [Dm] to the heart? _ _
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[A] _ _ Then [D] I studied with this beggar.
He was [G] filthy.
He was scarred by [Bb] the claws of many women.
He had [A] failed to disregard.
_ [D] No fable, hear no lesson.
[Gm] No singing, meadowlark.
Just [Bb] a filthy beggar guessing.
[A] _ What happens [Bb] to the heart? _ _
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[A] _ _ I [D] was always working steady, but [Gm] I never called it art.
It was [Bb] just some old convention, [A] like the horse
before the cart.
[D] I had no trouble betting on the [Gm] flood against the ark.
You see, [Bb] I knew about the ending. _
[A] _ What happens [Dm] to the heart? _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [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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