ARTIST: Gotye
TITLE:  Heart's a Mess
Key:    F minor

There's essentially 5 parts to this song, and most of them are variations on the same thing.

Violinline:       |  Fm  | Eb  |  C#  |  Cm |x1 (usually just an intro)
Verse:            |  Fm (133111@1)|  /  | F11 (xx3343@1)|  /  |x6
Chorus:           |  Fm (133111@1)| Cm (x3101x@1)|  C# (x43121@1)|  Eb|x4 (x43121@3)Acoustic chorus:  |  Fm  | Eb  |  C#  |  Eb |x4

The Outro is just written in the tab, have a look!

I play Fm up high, so the chords just descend

Fm (133111@1)  F11 (xx3343@1)E|--------------| 
A|---8------8---|    
D|---10-----8---|   
G|---10-----8---|    
b|---9------8---|
e|--(8)----(8)--|

INTRO:

Fm (133111@1)   Eb (x43121@3)   C# (x43121@1)     Cm (x3101x@1)    
Fm (133111@1)|  /  |   F11 (xx3343@1) |  /  |

VERSE:

Fm (133111@1)           Pick apart
F11 (xx3343@1)                   
         The pieces of your heart
Fm (133111@1)                       F11 (xx3343@1)         And let me peer inside
Fm (133111@1)         Let me in
F11 
  Where only your thoughts have been
Fm (133111@1)                      F11 (xx3343@1)       Let me occupy your mind

As you do mine

|  Fm (133111@1)|  /  | F11 (xx3343@1)|  /  |
|  Fm (133111@1)|  /  | F11 (xx3343@1)|  /  |

Fm (133111@1)    Eb (x43121@3)    C# (x43121@1)    Cm (x3101x@1)CHORUS:

Fm (133111@1)    Cm (x3101x@1)    C# (x43121@1)    Eb (x43121@3)    
   (woooooooooooooooooooo)
                      FmYour (133111@1)hearts a mess
Cm (x3101x@1)    C# (x43121@1)         Eb (x43121@3)           You wont admit to it
Fm (133111@1)    Eb (x43121@3)            C# (x43121@1)           It makes no sense
         Cm (x3101x@1)          FmBut (133111@1)Im desperate to connect
C# (x43121@1)      Eb (x43121@3)           Cm (x3101x@1)      
      And you, you cant live like this

(2 bar gap)
(4 bar drum break) (Fm)

VERSE:

Fm (133111@1)      You have lost(Too much love)
F11 
     To fear, doubt and distrust (Its not enough)
Fm (133111@1)                            
     You just threw away the key 
F11 
     (To your heart)

Fm (133111@1)     You dont get burned (Cause nothing gets through)
F11 
       It makes it easier (Easier on you)
      Fm (133111@1)                       F11 (xx3343@1)But that much more difficult for me
                  
To make you see

|  Fm (133111@1)|  /  | F11 (xx3343@1)|  /  |
|  Fm (133111@1)|  /  | F11 (xx3343@1)|  /  |

PRE CHORUS:
Fm (133111@1)             EbLove (x43121@3)aint fair
       C# (x43121@1)      CmSo (x3101x@1)there you are
         Fm (133111@1)
My love
F11 (xx3343@1)(Fm     Eb (x43121@3)    C# (x43121@1)    Cm)

ACOUSTIC CHORUS:

Fm (133111@1)   Eb (x43121@3)   C# (x43121@1)   Eb (x43121@3)Fm (133111@1)   Eb (x43121@3)    C#Your (x43121@1)hearts a mess
           Eb (x43121@3)      FmYou (133111@1)wont admit to it
Eb (x43121@3)                   C# (x43121@1)      It makes no sense
         Eb (x43121@3)           FmBut (133111@1)Im desperate to connect
C# (x43121@1)       Eb (x43121@3)          Eb (x43121@3)     
      And you, you cant live like this

CHORUS:

Fm (133111@1)    Cm (x3101x@1)    C# (x43121@1)    Eb (x43121@3)    
   (woooooooooooooooooooo)
                      FmYour (133111@1)hearts a mess
Cm (x3101x@1)    C# (x43121@1)         Eb (x43121@3)           You wont admit to it
Fm (133111@1)    Eb (x43121@3)            C# (x43121@1)           It makes no sense
         Cm (x3101x@1)          FmBut (133111@1)Im desperate to connect
C# (x43121@1)      Eb (x43121@3)           Cm (x3101x@1)      
      And you, you cant live like this

|  Fm (133111@1)|  /  | F11 (xx3343@1)|  /  |
|  Fm (133111@1)|  /  | F11 (xx3343@1)|  /  |

OUTRO
Fm (133111@1)           Eb (x43121@3)   
Love aint safe
               C# (x43121@1)              EbYou (x43121@3)wont get hurt if you stay chaste
                 C# (x43121@1)So you can wait
                 CmBut (x3101x@1)I don't wanna waste...

(1 bar break)

My love
Fm (x4)