Glen Hansard - Take The Heartland

intro : F5 G5 C5 A5 F5 G5 A5

verse : ( mute ) F5 G5 C5 A5 x3
im gonna hide my heart behind the peacocks fan ,
and keep my friends real close , yeah , this is how its gonna go .
im gonna find my knife and run it through those stitches ,
throw my friends down in the ditches before they even know
what ive come here for .

chorus : F5 C5 A5 G5 x1 F5 A5
take the heartland with a sense of revenge
take the heartland and make it look easy
take the heartland – youll die in the end
take the heartland
verse2 : ( same as before )
im gonna grow my hair down to my face like a fidel castro;
like a che guevara or a fidel castro
and im gonna grant my folk my lifes one last wish
and im gonna take their life with a knife
and im gonna sit and wait , not fall
chorus2 ( same as before )
take the heartland with a sense of revenge
take the heartland and make it look easy
take the heartland – well die in the end
take the heartland

G5 C5
should i kill you with my sword , yeah?
A5 F5
or should i kill you with this word?

G5 A5 F5 x4
you say sit , you say stand ,
you say stop , you say go ,
you say sit , you say stop ,
you say what , you say no ,
you say go , you say sit ,
you say stand , you say stop ,
you say go , you say sit ,
and you sit and you watch us all .

( same as before )
should i kill you with my sword , yeah?
or should i kill you with this word?

( play like chorus )
take the heartland
take the heartland – your sense of revenge
take the heartland – you make it look easy
take the heartland

G5 A5 F5 x4
i set myself by the west , by the watch , by the wall ,
i set myself by the wish , by the watch , by the wall ,
i set myself by the words , by the watch , by the wall ,
i set myself by the words , by the voice that i heard .
end on F5