the heart is a bad design
EADGBE Tuning
(organ plays G and C9 chords for 2 bars before guitar comes in)
Intro:
G C9 G C9 G C9 F C
G F C
Sometimes I think what's the point of loving anyone... In the end,
G F D
each time you finish a fight its just the start of a new one again
chorus:
C D
You put all the pain to the back of your mind
Em A
Move up close, pray it works out fine
C D G C9 G C9 G C9 F C
That's when you know the heart is a bad design
G F C
Some try to go it alone but nobody wants to do that
G F D
Each time you make up your mind your heart beats it's own way back
chorus:
C D
And though it doesn't matter that love is blind
Em A
You guide it into trouble everything turns out just fine
C D G C9 G C9 G C9 F C
That's how you know the heart is a bad design
Bridge:
Em
You know it can't keep secrets
A
It only harbours regrets
Em
You find things lying deep in your heart
A D C
Even bad jokes, slips, forgets
Solo chords:
Em A C D C G D
G F C
Sometimes I think I've done wrong but nobody ever did right
G F D
Each time some girl comes along its head over heels overnight
C D
You put all the pain to the back of your mind,
Em A
Dive in deep and hope it works out fine
C D G C9 G C9
That's how you know the heart is a bad design
C D G C9 G C9
That's how you know the heart is a bad design
C D G
That's how you know the heart is a bad design
Transcribed by Troy Heffelfinger