Heart Still Beats chords by Brave Saint Saturn

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
The girl in the alley kneels with exhaustion
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F 
She's guarded by the skinny guy
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Dm 
who limps from some infection
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Am 
Behind a veil of bleached thin
G 
hair her eyes tell a story
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C 
Like a photo of Berlin, December 1944
Dm 
G 
Am 
She's looking for a handout,
G 
she's been high for several weeks now
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She's too far gone for whoring and
C 
G 
the money just gave out

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Verse 2

And her heart still beats inside

And the blood runs in her veins

A remnant of life remains

Her heart still beats in

side

Verse 3
Am 
Dm 
Am 
The man finally comes to the door,
I've seen him several times
F 
He always looks pissed off and
C 
Dm 
his sunglasses stay on
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Am 
I think he got his biceps and
G 
tattoos while in prison
F 
And it doesn't seem to bother him
C 
G 
when he says "go to hell"

Verse 4
C 
Dm 
G 
And his heart still beats inside
C 
Dm 
G 
The blood runs in  his veins
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G 
Dm 
F 
A remnant of life remains
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Dm 
His heart still beats in
side
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Am 
Dm 
Am 
Dm 

Verse 5
Am 
G 
The thought it comes to my mind,
to somehow intervene
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But it could bring me trouble,
C 
and what can I  do anyway?
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G 
Am 
It's hard to be effective
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when it happens so often
F 
To see a life unraveling,
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G 
through drawn Venetian blinds
C 
I'm sickened by compassion,
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Dm 
I'm stifled by my limitations
Bb 
Anaesthetic apathy,
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G 
come take the pain away

Verse 6

And my heart still beats inside

The blood runs in my veins

A remnant of life remains

And my heart still beats inside

Verse 7
C 
Dm 
G 
Oh God, we need you here
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Dm 
G 
We're sinking fast and we don't care
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G 
Dm 
F 
The evidence is all around me,
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Dm 
F 
C 
Dm 
F 
on both sides of  my
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F 
C 
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door