Rhythm of my heart    (Listen to midi)    (Listen to sample)

 

    C - F - C - G     - C - F - C - G - C      - C - Bb - F - C

 

   C                             - Am

1.    Across the street           the rivers runs,

      C                                   Am

    down in the gutter life is slipping away.

C                           - Am

    Let me still exist            in another place,

     F                                                G

    running down under cover of a helicopter blade.

 

    C                                                 - Am

2.    The flames are getting higher           in effigy,

      C                                               Am

    burning down the bridges of my memory.

C                                - Am

    Love may still alive           somewhere someday,

                             F                                              G

    where they're downing only deer, a hundred steel towns away.

 

                C                               F

Oh, the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum,

               C                                               G

with the words “I love you” rolling off my tongue.

        C                                   F

No, never will I roam, for I know my place is home,

                  C                                         G  C

where the ocean meets the sky, I'll be sailing.

 

   C                       - Am

3.    Photographs           and kerosene

     C                                Am

    light up my darkness, light it up, light it up.

C                                                  Am

    I can still feel the touch of your thin blue jeans,

     F                                                      G

    running down the alley, I've got my eyes all over you, baby, oh, baby.

 

+ CHORUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

   C - Bb             C        - Bb        C      - Bb

 +            I'll be sailing,         oh yeah !

 

F          C         F                       C

    Oh, I've got lightning in my veins,

      Am                                                   C

    shifting like the handle of a slot machine.

      F                     C   -  Dm                   C

    Love may still exist         in another place.

                 Dm

    I'm just yanking back the handle,

                G

    no expression on my face.

 

                C                               F

Oh, the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum,

               C                                               G

with the words “I love you” rolling off my tongue.

        C                                   F

No, never will I roam, for I know my place is home,

                  C                                         G  C

where the ocean meets the sky, I'll be sailing.

 

 

+ repeat CHORUS    + C - Bb    + CHORUS  + C

 

(orig. = capo 1st; midi = no capo)    (Rod Stewart)