Verse
B
My heart's in the ice house, come hill or come valley
E
Like a long ago Sunday when I walked through the alley
B F#
On a cold winter's morning to a church house
B
Just to shovel some snow
B
I heard sirens on the train track howl naked gettin' under
E
An altar boy's been hit by a local commuter
B F#
Just from walking with his back turned to the train
B
That was coming so slow
[Chorus]
E
You can gaze out the window, get mad and get madder
B
Throw you hands in the air, say "What does it matter?"
F#
But it don't do no good to get angry
B
So help me I know
E
For a heart stained in anger grows weak and grows bitter
B
You become your own prisoner
F#
As you watch yourself sit there wrapped up in a trap
B
Of your very own chain of sorrow
[Verse 2]
B
I been brought down to zero, pulled out and put back there
E
I sat on the park bench, kissed the girl with the black hair
B F#
And my head shouted down to my heart:
B
"You better look out below"
B
Hey, it ain't such a long drop, don't stammer, don't stutter
E
From the diamonds in the sidewalk to the dirt in the gutter
B F#
And you carry those bruises to remind you
B
Wherever you go
[Chorus]
E
You can gaze out the window, get mad and get madder
B
Throw your hands in the air, say "What does it matter?"
F#
But it don't do no good to get angry
B
So help me I know
E
For a heart stained in anger grows weak and grows bitter
B
You become your own prisoner
F#
As you watch yourself sit there wrapped up in a trap
B
Of your very own chain of sorrow
[Instrumental]
B E B F# x4
[Ending]
B
My heart's in the ice house, come hill or come valley
E
Like a long ago Sunday when I walked through the alley
B F#
On a cold winter's morning to a church house
B
Just to shovel some snow