Best Hearts
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Intro
F Gsus4 G C
[Verso 1]
C C/B Am Am/G
I want somebody who has been through hell
F G C Gsus4 G
To tell me that I'm gonna be alright
C C/B Am Am/G
Advice, it never really sits that well
F G C
Unless it's coming from someone who's lost the fight
[Pré-Refrão]
Em F
I wanna hear from the sinners, the quitters, the late-night-admitters
C G F
That they've done more wrong than done right
Em F
The honest assessment, how they learned their lessons
C Am Gsus4 G
The hard way and still found the light
[Refrão]
N.C. C C/G F
The best hearts are broken
C C/G F
The best hearts are broken
Em
So Lord, I pray
G
That I can love
Am G F
Like the ones who've been destroyed and stood back up
C C/G F
And somehow stay open
C C/G F
'Cause the best hearts are broken
[Verso 2]
C C/B Am Am/G
I lost my mother, age of twenty-five
F G C Gsus4 G
The color left my face and left my life
C C/B Am G
It took me years of feeling half alive
F G C
Before my eyes could see past all the black and white
[Pré-Refrão]
Em F
And you know that, my friends, we are battered, we're broken, we're shattered
C G F
We're bruised, but we're still standing up
Em F
The beauty, the magic, the terror, the tragic
C Am G
The cost of admission for love
[Refrão]
N.C. C C/G F
The best hearts are broken
C C/G F
The best hearts are broken
Em
So Lord, I pray
G
That I can love
Am G F
Like the ones who've been destroyed and stood back up
C C/G F
And somehow stay open
C C/G F
'Cause the best hearts are broken
[Ponte]
C
Give me the courage, let me feel it all
Am C7
And stand in the fire and not build the walls
F C F Fm
When this my heart of mine starts to find reasons that it should be closing
C Em
And remember that pain is the place the light enters
Am Em
I came to this earth to grow bigger, love better
F Em F G
The path of a lover is hard, it's the one that I've chosen
Interlude
C F
The best hearts are broken (oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
C
(Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
F Fm
(Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh)
Outro
N.C. C F
The best hearts are broken (oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
(Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
C F
The best hearts are broken (oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
(Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh)
C G F
And somehow stay open
C G F
The best hearts are broken
C
The best hearts are broken
How to play Best Hearts
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.