WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Libertines - Heart Of The Matter Chords | Ver. 1
Verse:
Bm
No one can hold the light to your misery
D - C G
You're the number one
Em Bm D - C G
Being hard done, hard done by
Em Bm D - C
You'll get by with your smile, wicked smile
G Em Bm
And laughing at the misfortune of others
D - C G Em
You gotta get your kicks kicking the pricks
Bm D - C
Laughing as they pick up sticks
G Em Bm
And old ladies walks on by
D - C Am
Trip up as they cry
Pre-Chorus
D
With all the battering it's taken
Bm Em
I'm surprised it's still ticking
Am D
Yeah, with all the battering it's taken
Bm D
I'm surprised it is still ticking
Chorus
Em Am B
Let's get straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Why so glum? It's all on the platter
Em Am B Em Am B
So what's the matter, what's the matter today?
Verse:
G Em Bm
I am no stranger to the cause
D - C G
I carry them in my soul
Em
Please torch my flesh
Bm D - C G
And leave gray holes in the meaning of my life
Em Bm
But I get by, I get by
D - C G
Just this crooked little smile
Em Bm D - C
You'll get by, you'll get by, you'll get by
Pre-Chorus:
Am D
With all the battering it's taken
Bm Em
Well I'm surprised that it's still ticking
Am D
Yeah, with all the battering it's taken
Bm D
I'm surprised that it's still ticking
Chorus:
Em Am B
Let's get straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Why so glum? It's all on a platter
Em Am B Em Am B
So what's the matter, what's the matter today?
Em Am B
Let's get straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Why so glum? It's all on a platter
Em Am B Em Am B
What's the matter tell me, what's the matter today?
Verse:
G Em Bm
So hold the lights to my misery
D - C G
But don't send it up in flames
Em Bm
It's only I who take the blame
D C G
But try me anyway
Em Bm
And you'll get by, and you'll get by
D - C G
With your wicked little smile
Em Bm
And you'll get by, and you'll get by
D - C
With your wicked little?
Pre-Chorus
Am D
Oh, with all the battering it's taken
Bm Em
I'm surprised that it's still ticking
Am D
Yeah, with all the battering it's taken
Bm D
I'm surprised that it's still ti-cking
Chorus:
Em Am B
Let's get straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Oh, why so glum? It's all on a platter
Em Am B Em
What's the matter, what's the matter today?
Am B Em Am B
Let's get straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Why so glum? It's all on the platter
Em Am B Em Am B
What's the matter is the glory hallelujah day
Em Am B
Straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Oh, why so glum? It's all on a platter
Em Am B Em
What's the matter, what's the matter today?
Guitar Leads:
Verse
e|--10--7--10-7-10-7-----10-7----7-10----10------|
B|-----------------------------7------7----------|Like I said no specific pattern
G|-----------------------------------------------|But those are the notes for the first part
D|-----------------------------------------------|I like to add some hammer-ons and pull-offs
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Verse (Cont)
e|--3-3-3-/--7-7-7---------------------|
B|------------------3-3-3-/-7-7-7------|This begins on "You gotta get your kicks...."
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:
No leads, but chords are played on higher pitches
Chorus:
Em Am B
e|-----7-------------------------|
B|-------8-----------------------|
G|---9-----9--5--5--5--8--8--8---|
D|-------------------------------| Repeat that throughout the chorus
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
