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