• Song:

    Unbreakable Heart

  • Artist:

    Carlene Carter

  • Album:

    Little Love Letters

UNBREAKABLE HEART (by Benmont Tench; recorded by Carlene Carter) 
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{Actually in Bb - capo 3.} 
{Each chord is half a measure, except "Em - D" is one measure total.} 
{Sorry it's kind of hard to read; the lines of this song are structured 
 oddly.  All the verses are basically the same, but I wrote them all out 
 because they're not easy to memorize.} 
{I'm pretty unsure about a lot of these chords, especially in the bridge. 
 Any suggestions are more than welcome.} 
{The C's and Em's with * by them have an extra high G in them (pinky on 
 the 3rd fret of the E string).} 
{Some unusual chord fingerings, and more comments, are at the end.} 
  
G5   B5   C5   A5     G5   B5   C5   A5 
{intro} 
  

         G5     B5   C5   A5  G5     B5   C5   A5 
An empty house,       a broken fairy tale 
         G5    B5   C5      A5  Em*  Em*  C*  C5 
A hollow girl        with empty  arms 
        A5  E5     A5   B5           Em*    Em* 
From an angel's tears,      God made the stars 
A5   A5     C*      C5   A5    A5      G5     B5   C5   A5 
        Why can't he make me     an unbreakable heart 
G5  B5  C5  A5 
{instrumental} 
  

           G5     B5   C5     A5      G5        B5   C5   A5 
In my blue world,       you shone like heaven's fire 
            G5  B5  C5  A5  Em*  Em*  C*  C5 
And left me crying    in the dark 
          A5  E5  A5  B5    Em*  Em* 
How could any  -  one     be so hard 
A5   A5   C*      C5   A5      A5      G5     C5  G5  G5 
        Did you think I had      an unbreakable heart 
  

D5   A5  F#5     E5 - D5   C5           G5        A5        G5 
I    suppose     I should know       sometimes love just comes and goes 
    D5   A5  F#5     E5 - D5   A5      A5     C5   C5 
But I  believed,     foolish me,       we'd go on and on 
  

     G5   B5  C5    A5    G5       B5   C5   A5 
One day,      someone will come to you 
             G5    B5   C5   A5  Em*  Em*  C*  C5 
And rock you tight   -  ly in her arms 
  

         A5  E5   A5         B5        Em*   Em* 
Please remember  this   when you drop your guard 
A5  A5  C*  C5   A5     A5      G5     B5   C5   A5 
           Nobody has     an unbreakable heart 
  

        A5  E5    A5     B5      Em*   Em* 
From an angel's wings   to a falling star 
A5   A5     C*   C5     A5      A5      G5     B5   C5   A5    G. 
        God makes everything     but unbreakable hearts 
  
CHORDS: 
Am7/D: xx0010   Em*: 022003   C*: x32013   C/D: xx0010   A7sus4: x02030 
A9/C#: x42000   Am/D: xx0210   Ddim: xx0101 or xx0131   F#m7/5-: 2x2210 
  
A couple other notes on the chords: 
1) The C* and Em* chords probably aren't really played by the guitar; 
   I just put them in because they echo the melody of the song. 
2) The B5 isjust two quarter notes.  The first doesn't include an F# on 
   the high E string, the second does.  (I.e., play x2120x, then x21202.) 
3) In the bridge, where it goes E5 - D5 , don't play the highest strings on 
   either of those chords.  (The D is more like D5.) 
4) In the A5 , make sure you hit that C# , or it'll sound weird. 
5) In the Em* chords before A5 , you can play the descending notes 
   by moving your pinky from 3 down to 2 as you get toward the A9
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