Key: A
Introduction:
A
M y heart's in the ice house Come hill or come valley
D
Like a long ago Sunday when I walked through the alley
A E
On a cold winter's morning to a church house
A
Just to shovel some snow
A
I heard sirens on the train track Howl naked gettin' nuder
D
An alter boy's been hit by a local commuter
A E
Just from walking with his back turned to the train
A
That was coming so slow
D
You can gaze out the window Get mad and get madder
A
Throw you hands in the air Say "What does it matter?"
E
But it don't do no good to get angry
A
So help me I know
D
For a heart stained in anger Grows weak and grows bitter
A
You become your own prisoner
E
As you watch yourself sit there wrapped up in a trap
A
Of your very own chain of sorrow.
A
I been brought down to zero Pulled out and put back there
D
I sat on the park bench kissed the girl with the black hair
A E
And my head shouted down to my heart
A
You better look out be low.
A
H ey, it ain't such a long drop Don't stammer. Don't stutter
D
From the diamonds in the sidewalk to the dirt in the gutter
A E
And you carry those bruises to remind you
A
Wherever you go.
D
You can gaze out the window Get mad and get madder
A
Throw you hands in the air Say "What does it matter?"
E
But it don't do no good to get angry
A
So help me I know
D
For a heart stained in anger Grows weak and grows bitter
A
You be come your own prisoner
E
As you watch yourself sit there wrapped up in a trap
A
Of your very own chain of sorrow.
A, D, A, E x4
A
M y heart's in the ice house Come hill or come valley
D
Like a long ago Sunday when I walked through the alley
A E
On a cold winter's morning to a church house
A
Just to shovel some snow