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Gotye - Hearts A Mess chords

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ARTIST: Gotye
TITLE:  Heart's a Mess
Key:    F minor

There's essentially 5 parts to this song, and most of them are variations on the same thing.

Violinline:       |  Fm  | Eb  |  C#  |  Cm |x1 (usually just an intro)
Verse:            |  Fm  |  /  | F11  |  /  |x6
Chorus:           |  Fm  | Cm  |  C#  |  Eb |x4
Acoustic chorus:  |  Fm  | Eb  |  C#  |  Eb |x4

The Outro is just written in the tab, have a look!


I play Fm up high, so the chords just descend

     Fm    F11 
E|--------------| 
A|---8------8---|    
D|---10-----8---|   
G|---10-----8---|    
b|---9------8---|
e|--(8)----(8)--|


INTRO:

Fm     Eb     C#       Cm      
Fm  |  /  |   F11   |  /  |

VERSE:

Fm
            Pick apart
F11                     
         The pieces of your heart
Fm                         F11 
         And let me peer inside
Fm
          Let me in
F11 
  Where only your thoughts have been
Fm                        F11 
       Let me occupy your mind

As you do mine

|  Fm  |  /  | F11  |  /  |
|  Fm  |  /  | F11  |  /  |


Fm      Eb      C#      Cm      

CHORUS:

Fm      Cm      C#      Eb      
   (woooooooooooooooooooo)
                      Fm
Your hearts a mess
Cm      C#           Eb
            You wont admit to it
Fm      Eb              C#
            It makes no sense
         Cm            Fm
But Im desperate to connect
C#        Eb             Cm        
      And you, you cant live like this


(2 bar gap)
(4 bar drum break) (Fm)

VERSE:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/g/gotye/285051.html ]
Fm
       You have lost(Too much love)
F11 
     To fear, doubt and distrust (Its not enough)
Fm                              
     You just threw away the key 
F11 
     (To your heart)

Fm
      You dont get burned (Cause nothing gets through)
F11 
       It makes it easier (Easier on you)
      Fm                         F11 
But that much more difficult for me
                  
To make you see

|  Fm  |  /  | F11  |  /  |
|  Fm  |  /  | F11  |  /  |

PRE CHORUS:
Fm               Eb
Love aint fair
       C#        Cm
So there you are
         Fm  
My love
F11

(Fm     Eb      C#      Cm)

ACOUSTIC CHORUS:

Fm     Eb     C#     Eb

                 Fm     Eb      C#
Your hearts a mess
           Eb        Fm
You wont admit to it
Eb                     C#
       It makes no sense
         Eb             Fm
But Im desperate to connect
C#         Eb            Eb       
      And you, you cant live like this

CHORUS:

Fm      Cm      C#      Eb      
   (woooooooooooooooooooo)
                      Fm
Your hearts a mess
Cm      C#           Eb
            You wont admit to it
Fm      Eb              C#
            It makes no sense
         Cm            Fm
But Im desperate to connect
C#        Eb             Cm        
      And you, you cant live like this


|  Fm  |  /  | F11  |  /  |
|  Fm  |  /  | F11  |  /  |

OUTRO
Fm             Eb     
Love aint safe
               C#                Eb
You wont get hurt if you stay chaste
                 C# 
So you can wait
                 Cm
But I don't wanna waste...

(1 bar break)

My love
Fm (x4)

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