This tab should be accurate. I've watched how he plays it live in various videos just to
make sure. He changes what fret he capos at, but it's usually at the first or without
a capo. He also changes up which chords he uses in different videos, so this is just one
of the ways that he plays it. There are two ways that you can play it, the first is what
Kris Allen does, and the second is just a simpler variation of the original chords.
Make sure to listen to the song for timing and strumming.
Here is a link to the studio recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGJGTdhbGEM
Standard Tuning
No capo or capo 1, or wherever suits your voice. I think the studio version is capo 1.
Chords used:
Chords Kris Allen uses
Am7 or Am7 F Dm E7
e|--x--|--0--|--1--|--5--|--x--|
B|--x--|--0--|--1--|--6--|--5--|
G|--5--|--5--|--2--|--5--|--7--|
D|--5--|--5--|--3--|--7--|--6--|
A|--x--|--0--|--3--|--5--|--7--|
E|--5--|--5--|--1--|--x--|--x--|
Simpler chords
Am7 F or F Dm E7
e|--0--|--1--|--1--|--1--|--0--|
B|--1--|--1--|--1--|--3--|--0--|
G|--0--|--2--|--2--|--2--|--1--|
D|--2--|--3--|--3--|--0--|--0--|
A|--0--|--3--|--x--|--x--|--2--|
E|--x--|--1--|--x--|--x--|--0--|
Am7
In the night
I hear 'em talk
F
Coldest story ever told
Dm
Somewhere far along this road
E7
He lost his soul
Am7 F
To a woman so heartless
Dm
How could you be so heartless
E7
Oh
Am7
How could you be so heartless
How could you be so
F
Cold as the winter wind when it breeze yo
Dm
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
E7
You know need to watch the way you talkin' to me you know
Am7
I mean after all the things that we've been through
F
I mean after all the things we got into
Dm
And yo I know of some things that you ain't told me
E7
And yo I did some things but that's the old me
Am7
And now you wanna get me back and you gon' show me
F
So you walk around like you don't know me
Dm
You got a new friend
Well I got homies
E7
But in the end it's still so lonely
Am7
In the night
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kris_allen/heartless_crd_ver_7.html ]
I hear 'em talk
F
Coldest story ever told
Dm
Somewhere far along this road
E7
He lost his soul
Am7 F
To a woman so heartless
Dm
How could you be so heartless
E7
Oh
Am7
How could you be so heartless
How could be so Dr. Evil
F
You're bringin' out a side of me that I don't know
Dm
I decided we weren't gon' speak so
E7
Why we up 3 A.M. on the phone
Am7
Why does she be so mad at me fo'
F
Homie I dont know she's hot and cold
Dm
I won't stop I won't mess my groove up
E7
'Cause I already know how this thing go
Am7
You run and tell your friends that you're leaving me
F
They say that they don't see what you see in me
Dm
You wait a couple months then you gon' see
E7
You'll never find nobody better than me
Am7
'Cause in the night
I hear 'em talk
F
Coldest story ever told
Dm
Somewhere far along this road
E7
He lost his soul
Am7 F
To a woman so heartless
Dm
How could you be so heartless
E7
Oh
Am7
How could you be so heartless
Talk and talk and talk and talk
F
Baby let's just knock it off
Dm
They don't know what we been through
E7
They don't know 'bout me and you
Am7
So I got something new to see
F
And you just gon' keep hatin' me
Dm E7
And we just gon' be enemies
Am7
I know you can't believe
F
I could just leave it wrong
Dm
And you can't make it right
E7
I'm gon' take off tonight
Into the night
Am7
In the night
I hear 'em talk
F
Coldest story ever told
Dm
Somewhere far far far
E7
He lost his soul
Am7 F Dm E7
To a woman so heartless
Am7
How could you be so heartless
F
Oh
Dm
How could you be so heartless
E7
Oh
Am7
In the night
I hear 'em talk
F
Coldest story ever told
Dm
Somewhere far along this road
E7
He lost his soul
F
To a woman so heartless
I'm fairly certain he ends with 'F' but it can also be ended with 'Am7'
