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