In the Shape of a Heart Chords by Jackson Browne

[Start]

[Intro]
Eb Ab Eb Cm Ab Bb Ab Bb7
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[Verse]
         Eb                
It was a ruby that she wore
     Cm               Cm7 
On a chain around her neck
       Ab               Bb
In the shape of a heart ■ 
       Ab               Bb
In the shape of a heart ■ 
         Eb                 
It was a time I won't forget
        Cm               
For the sorrow and regret
        Ab               Bb
And the shape of a heart ■ 
        Ab         Bb7  
And the shape of a heart
Eb Cm7 Eb Ab Bb
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          Ab        
I guess I never knew
             Bb            Ab
What she was talking about ■ 
Bb           Ab        
■  I guess I never knew
             Bb            
What she was living without
Eb                                                       Cm
■  People speak of love don't know what they're thinking of
                Cm7                   Eb          
Wait around for the one who fits just like a glove
Ab                Bb                  
Speak in terms of belief and belonging
Ab              Bb            Eb      Cm
Try to fit some name to their longing ■ 
Ab                 Bb   Ab
■  People speak of love ■ 
Bb Eb                               
■  There was a hole left in the wall
Cm                     
From some ancient fight
Ab                  Bb  
About the size of a fist
   Ab                        Bb    
Or something thrown that had missed
Eb                            
There were other holes as well
Cm                                
In the house where our nights fell
Ab          Bb       
Far to many to repair


[Chorus]
Ab               Bb      Eb   
In the time that we were there
                                             Cm         
People speak of love don't know what they're thinking of
                                             Eb    Ab
Reach out to each other through the push and shove ■ 
         Bb                      Ab      
Speak in terms of a life and the learning
             Bb                Eb     
Try to think of a word for the burning
    Cm Ab                Bb7        
You ■  ■  keep it up you try so hard
               Bb                Ab
To keep a life from coming apart ■ 
      Bb        Ab                               
Never know what breaches and faults are concealed
Bb                     
In the shape of a heart
Ab Bb     Ab               Bb Ab
In ■  the shape of a heart ■  ■ 
Bb        Ab              
■  In the shape of a heart


[Inst]
Bb Eb Cm Eb Ab Bb7
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Bb Ab Bb7
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[Verse]
Eb                           
It was the ruby that she wore
     Cm                  
On a stand beside the bed
Ab                      Bb
In the hour before dawn ■ 
            Ab          
When I knew she was gone
Bb Bb7 Eb                  
■  And I held it in my hand
             Cm   
For a little while
Eb            Ab       Bb     
■  Dropped it into the ■  wall
         Ab                  
I let it go and heard it fall


[Chorus]
Bb Ab Bb Ab Bb Ab Bb Ab
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Bb Ab Bb Ab Bb
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[Verse]
          Ab        
I guess I never knew
             Bb            Ab
What she was talking about ■ 
Bb           Ab        
■  I guess I never knew
             Bb             Eb
What she was living without ■ 
                                                      Cm7
People speak of love don't know what they're thinking of 
                                      Eb     Ab   
Wait around for the one who fits just like a glove
                    Bb                  Ab
Speak in terms of a life and the living ■ 
                Bb       Eb        Cm
Try to find the word for forgiving ■ 


[Chorus]
               Bb             
You keep it up you try so hard
Ab                  Bb          
To keep a life from coming apart
Ab             Bb                   Ab         
And never know the shallows and the unseen reef
         Bb                   Ab
That are there from the start ■ 
Bb                   Ab    Bb Cm
■  In the shape of a heart ■  ■ 
Ab                        
■  In the shape of a heart
Ab Bb Eb Ab Bb
■  ■  ■  ■  ■ 
                  Ab    Bb
In the shape of a heart ■ 
Ab Bb                   Ab   
■  ■  In the shape of a heart
Bb Ab Eb Bb
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[Outro]
Bb                     
In the shape of a heart
Ab Bb Ab Bb
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                  Ab    Bb Eb Ab
In the shape of a heart ■  ■  ■