Heartbreakin'
The Waifs
Donna Simpson

Attempted by : tedcrane@westnet.com.au

A good old 3 chord song. 
Donna plays the chords with off beat up strokes and Josh 'plays around' with riffs over the top.
The tab below will give you an idea of the first verse, both the strumming and the little riffs.


E  :--0---0---0---0-|--0---------------|--0---0---0---0-|--0---------------|--1---1---1---1-|--1---1---------|
B  :--1---1---1---1-|--1---------------|--1---1---1---1-|--1---------------|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3---------|
G  :--2---2---2---2-|--2---------------|--2---2---2---2-|--2---------------|--2---2---2---2-|--2---2---------|
D  :--2---2---2---2-|--2---------------|--2---2---2---2-|--2---------------|0-0---0---0---0-|--0---0---------|
A  :0-0---0---0---0-|--0---0-2-3-2-0---|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0-2-3-2-0---|----------------|----------------|
E  :--x---x---x---x-|--x-------------3-|--x---x---x---x-|--x-------------3-|----------------|----------------|


Am
You never spoke to me softly
Am
and you would never hold me hand
Dm                  Am
I was hot your were freezing 
E
I was always laying blame

Your father he never liked me
You'd never come and see me play
he always got you drunk at parties
and now you've gone your way
Now I've gone my way

Dm                  Am
And what's so heartbreakin 
Dm                        Am
is that, breakin takes so long
Dm          Am                 E
my heart is aching, with you here
                            Am
it's breaking up now your gone

We had a few good years of loving
and then a few I don't recall 
you never understood my silence
I never understood you at all

the fire that we had burning brightly
burnt out and down and black as coal
Yer you wanna know what's frightening
is that it took me so long
took you so long to go

And what's so heartbreakin 
is that, breakin takes so long
my heart is aching, with you here
it's breaking up now your gone

The bed of flowers that we lay on
are mould and rotten to the core 
how the winds were blowing
and the soil got poor

We had them big black clouds above us
and I could always smell the rain
Oh when the train comes screaming, of its tracks
it hit me like a hurricane

And what's so heartbreakin 
is that, breakin takes so long
my heart is aching, with you here
it's breaking up now your gone