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