Happy Hearts Chords & Tabs
Pretty simple song. I'm pretty sure it was co-written with Daniel Johnston.
G D Em
Why must happy hearts break so hard
Am C D
leave you curled up in the back seat of a car,
Em C Am7
staring up at the windshield?
G D G
When will broken hearts learn how to heal?
G D Em
This boy I knew was five years older than me
Am C D
His daddy'd left him when he was three.
Em C Am7
After we went walking by a stream,
G C D
he held me down and made me feel as bad as he.
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G D Em
Why must happy hearts break so hard,
Am C D
leave you standing in the darkness of the barn,
Em C Am7
staring at those rusty wheels?
G D G
When will broken hearts learn how to heal?
C G D Em
And everybody's searching for a place to put their love.
C G
See the people on the street?
D
They go home and what do you think they dream of?
C G D Em
U-n-C-o-n-D-i-t-i-o-n-a-l l-o-v-e.
G D
Why did you leave me?
G D Em
Mother, why do you sleep with him?
Am C D
He says he's smothering, then he comes back again,
e C Am7
in our house for the weekend.
G D G
Why must people's breaking hearts pretend?
G D Em
Why must happy hearts break so hard,
Am C D
leave you staring in the mirror at a bar?
Em C Am7
Leave you talking to yourself,
G D G
because you can't talk to anybody else
