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