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HEART OF THE MATTER - The Libertines
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The song was just released but I've had it for some time now so here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=14&v=gSRCwI6FJsQ
If you're interested in some of the guitar leads throughout the song they'll be listed at the bottom.
However, since they don't exactly play the same patterns throughout the song, you'll have to listen to the
song carefully to play it exactly as the song is recorded.
Verse:
Bm
No one can hold the light to your misery
D - C G
You’re the number one
Em Bm D - C G
Being hard done, hard done by
Em Bm D - C
You’ll get by with your smile, wicked smile
G Em Bm
And laughing at the misfortune of others
D - C G Em
You gotta get your kicks kicking the pricks
Bm D - C
Laughing as they pick up sticks
G Em Bm
And old ladies walks on by
D - C Am
Trip up as they cry
Pre-Chorus
D
With all the battering it’s taken
Bm Em
I’m surprised it’s still ticking
Am D
Yeah, with all the battering it’s taken
Bm D
I’m surprised it is still ticking
Chorus
Em Am B
Let’s get straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Why so glum? It’s all on the platter
Em Am B Em Am B
So what’s the matter, what’s the matter today?
Verse:
G Em Bm
I am no stranger to the cause
D - C G
I carry them in my soul
Em
Please torch my flesh
Bm D - C G
And leave gray holes in the meaning of my life
Em Bm
But I get by, I get by
D - C G
Just this crooked little smile
Em Bm D - C
You’ll get by, you’ll get by, you’ll get by
Pre-Chorus:
Am D
With all the battering it’s taken
Bm Em
Well I’m surprised that it’s still ticking
Am D
Yeah, with all the battering it’s taken
Bm D
I’m surprised that it’s still ticking
Chorus:
Em Am B
Let’s get straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Why so glum? It’s all on a platter
Em Am B Em Am B
So what’s the matter, what’s the matter today?
Em Am B
Let’s get straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Why so glum? It’s all on a platter
Em Am B Em Am B
What’s the matter tell me, what’s the matter today?
Verse:
G Em Bm
So hold the lights to my misery
D - C G
But don’t send it up in flames
Em Bm
It’s only I who take the blame
D C G
But try me anyway
Em Bm
And you’ll get by, and you’ll get by
D - C G
With your wicked little smile
Em Bm
And you’ll get by, and you’ll get by
D - C
With your wicked little…
Pre-Chorus
Am D
Oh, with all the battering it’s taken
Bm Em
I’m surprised that it’s still ticking
Am D
Yeah, with all the battering it’s taken
Bm D
I’m surprised that it’s still ti-cking
Chorus:
Em Am B
Let’s get straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Oh, why so glum? It’s all on a platter
Em Am B Em
What’s the matter, what’s the matter today?
Am B Em Am B
Let’s get straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Why so glum? It’s all on the platter
Em Am B Em Am B
What’s the matter is the glory hallelujah day
Em Am B
Straight to the heart of matter
Em Am B
Oh, why so glum? It’s all on a platter
Em Am B Em
What’s the matter, what’s the matter today?
Guitar Leads:
Verse
e|--10--7--10-7-10-7-----10-7----7-10----10------|
B|-----------------------------7------7----------|Like I said no specific pattern
G|-----------------------------------------------|But those are the notes for the first part
D|-----------------------------------------------|I like to add some hammer-ons and pull-offs
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Verse (Cont)
e|--3-3-3-/--7-7-7---------------------|
B|------------------3-3-3-/-7-7-7------|This begins on "You gotta get your kicks...."
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:
No leads, but chords are played on higher pitches
Chorus:
Em Am B
e|-----7-------------------------|
B|-------8-----------------------|
G|---9-----9--5--5--5--8--8--8---|
D|-------------------------------| Repeat that throughout the chorus
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
