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