Every beat of my heart    (video)    (midi)

 

    C - Am - C - Am

 

                              C                      Am

1. Through these misty eyes I see lonely skies,

                 C               Am

    lonely road to Babylon.

                         C                    Am

    Where’s my family and my country ?

                     C                      Am

    Heaven knows where I belong.

 

+  Dm - F - Am - G

 

                    C                                   Am

2. Pack my bags tonight, here’s one Jacobite,

                     C                    Am

   who must leave or surely die.

                  C                      Am

    Put me on a train in the pouring rain,

                   C                           Am

    say farewell, don’t say goodbye.

     Dm                       F

    Seagull carry me over land and sea

               Am                                           G    - A

    to my own folk that’s where I want to be.

 

 D                           G      D                         G

Every beat of my heart tears me further apart,

      Bm                              G     A              D       - G   

I’m lost and alone in the dark, I’m going home.

 

                        C                            Am

3. One more glass of wine just for auld lang syne

                  C              Am

    and the girl I left behind.

                C                           Am

    How I miss her now in my darkest hour,

                   C                       Am

    and the way our arms entwine.

     Dm                       F

    Seagull carry me over land and sea

               Am                                           G    - A

    to my own folk that’s where I want to be.

 

D                            G      D                         G

Every beat of my heart tears me further apart,

      Bm                                   - G    A              D       - G

I’m lost and alone in the dark,       I’m going home.

 

+  C - G - D (2x)     +  C - G - Bm - A         - G

 

                      C                            Am

4. And we’ll drink a toast to the blood red rose,

                    C                       Am

    cheer awhile the Emerald isle,

                C                                  Am

    to the Northern lights and the swirling pipes

                       C                          Am

     how they make a grown man cry.

     Dm                       F

    Seagull carry me over land and sea

               Am                                           G    - A

    to my own folk that’s where I want to be.

 

 D                           G      D                         G

Every beat of my heart tears me further apart,

      Bm                                   - G    A              D       - G

I’m lost and alone in the dark,       I’m going home.

 

                                                              D        - G - D - G .....

+  repeat CHORUS          +  I’m going home.

 

(orig. = capo 2nd; midi = capo 3rd)    (Rod Stewart)