HEART OF THE MATTER
                            As recorded by Don Henley
                 (From the 1989 Album THE END OF THE INNOCENSE)
Transcribed by sadorsky@shaw.ca
 Intro
  Gtr I
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Verse 1&2
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                                            Guitar Fill 1 2nd time through verse
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 I Got the call today...
 These times are so uncertain.. 
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An old true friend...
Need a little tenderness...
Fill 1
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 Pre Chorus
 A7sus4/E                       G
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  thought of all the...
  trust and self....
                                                A
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what are all...
pride and competition...
  Chorus Guitar 1 
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  I'm learning to live without you now    But I miss      you sometimes     
  I've been trying...
Guitar 2
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  Both Guitars
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  The more I Know...
   It's about forgiveness...
  

Bridge
D                             C              G/E
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                           There are people...
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                          Guitar fill 2             
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  let you down....
  A                          Chorus 4 times with ad lib guitar to fade   
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  carrying that anger... 
 Fill 2
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