Tom: C
C G/C F G
C G/C F G
[Verse 1]
C F
You can tell me your troubles
G C
I'll listen for free
C F F G
My regulars trust me, it seems
C F
You can come and see Uncle
G C
To get through the week
F F G
Leave your pledges with me to redeem
[Verse 2]
C F
Some folk sell their bodies
G C
For ten bob a go
C F F G
Politicians go pawning their souls
C F
Which doesn't make me
G C
Look too bad, don't you know
F F G
Me with my heart full of holes
[Bridge 1]
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 DmMaj7 Dm
All my yesterdays broken, a watch with no face
Dm7 G7/B
All battered and old
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 G7/B
Bits of the movement all over the place
Bb G
And a heart full of holes
[Chorus]
C G/C
A heart full of holes
F G
A heart full of holes
C G/C
A heart full of holes
F G
A heart full of holes
[Verse 3]
C F
Brass knuckles and banjos
G C
Are out on the town
C F F G
At the knees-up in Teddy Boys' Row
C F
The gold block and tackle
G C
Tells the time upside down
F F G
Rock n' roll, well, I don't know
[Bridge 2]
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 DmMaj7
Dead people's wedding gifts walk out the door
Dm Dm7 G7/B
A clarinet squeals to be free
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 G7/B
Accordions hop from the shelves to the floor
Bb G
Start playing their polkas to me
[Solo]
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| Dm F | G Dm | G F | G |
[Verse 4]
C F
There's a ringing of bells
G C
A dunderhead's curse
C F F G
Fingers are pointing at you
C F
And you take work in hell
G C
And be glad it's not worse
F F G
And you get to the back of the queue
[Bridge 3]
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 DmMaj7
Handcuffs and hunting knives clang on the bars
Dm Dm7 G7/B
Air pistols shoot out the lights
Dm7 DmMaj7 Dm7 G7/B
I've a whole Wailing Wall of electric guitars
Bb G
Could shatter the windows down Brick Lane tonight
[Verse 5]
C F
If one of us dies, love
G C
I think I'll retire
C F F G
See my boys and my beautiful girls
C F
A Garden of Eden
G C
No gates or barbed wire
F F G
Who knows, maybe gates made of pearls
[Verse 6]
C F
Well, if we go to heaven
G C
And some say we don't
C F F G
But if there's a reckoning day
C F
Please God, I'll see you
G C
And maybe I won't
F F G
I've a bag packed to go either way
[Interlude]
C G/C F G
C G/C F G
[Verse 7]
C F
Redeeming your pledge, dear
G C
I'll keep it for you
C F F G
It's not going to go anywhere
C F
But your soul, your soul
G C
That is not what I do
F F G
There's not a lot I can do there
[Bridge 4]
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 DmMaj7
I remember the officer's watch In my hand
Dm Dm7 G7/B
"Repair it or die" I was told
Dm DmMaj7 Dm7 G7/B
It's a wonder to me, I still don't understand
Bb G
Why I ever survived to be old
[Chorus]
C G/C
With a heart full of holes
F G
A heart full of holes
C G/C
A heart full of holes
F G
A heart full of holes
C G/C
A heart full of holes
F G
A heart full of holes
C G/C
A heart full of holes
F G
A heart full of holes
[Outro]
| Dm F | G Dm | G F | G |
| Dm F | G Dm | G F | G |
| G |
Fade out on G
