• Song:

    Happy Hearts

  • Artist:

    Okkervil River

  • Album:

    Dont Fall In Love WEver...

Pretty simple song. I'm pretty sure it was co-written with Daniel Johnston.


G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)             EmWhy (022000@1)must happy hearts break so hard
Am (x02210@1)                        C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)leave you curled up in the back seat of a car,
Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)       Am7staring (x02010@1)up at the windshield?
G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)                 GWhen (320003@1)will broken hearts learn how to heal?

G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                   EmThis (022000@1)boy I knew was five years older than me
Am (x02210@1)                      C (x32010@1)             DHis (xx0232@1)daddy'd left him when he was three.
Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)          Am7After (x02010@1)we went walking by a stream,
G (320003@1)                                 C (x32010@1)    Dhe (xx0232@1)held me down and made me feel as bad as he.


G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)             EmWhy (022000@1)must happy hearts break so hard,
Am (x02210@1)                       C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)leave you standing in the darkness of the barn,
Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)staring at those rusty wheels?
G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)When will broken hearts learn how to heal?


C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)                EmAnd (022000@1)everybody's searching for a place to put their love.
C (x32010@1)            GSee (320003@1)the people on the street?
DThey (xx0232@1)go home and what do you think they dream of?
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)         EmU-n-C-o-n-D-i-t-i-o-n-a-l (022000@1)l-o-v-e.
 G (320003@1)                DWhy (xx0232@1)did you leave me?


G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)        EmMother, (022000@1)why do you sleep with him?
Am (x02210@1)                          C (x32010@1)               DHe (xx0232@1)says he's smothering, then he comes back again,
e (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)           Am7in (x02010@1)our house for the weekend.
G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)             GWhy (320003@1)must people's breaking hearts pretend?

G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)             EmWhy (022000@1)must happy hearts break so hard,
Am (x02210@1)                     C (x32010@1)         Dleave (xx0232@1)you staring in the mirror at a bar?
Em (022000@1)      C (x32010@1)        Am7Leave (x02010@1)you talking to yourself,
G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)             Gbecause (320003@1)you can't talk to anybody else

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