The Beating Of Another Heart lyrics

Song information

Artist: Graham Parker
Album: The Up Escalator

Lyrics

Intro g em bm g c d

G d
She comes from the hardest town
Em bm c
They build you up to let you down and
D em g bm d
Leave you with an armour hard as steel

G d
It's not the chaos or the heat
Em bm c
Or the noises from the street but
D
Something inside she has to beat that

Em bm em bm
Shoots out a nerve causes judgements to swerve
C g d
And makes her feel that something must be wrong

Em bm
She'll attempt to resist
C g d
And pretend it don't exist when it does

C d
But if ever her defence drop
C d
Love takes a shot pop
C d
Baby you can't stop

G
The beating of another heart
Em c
The beating of another heart yeah
D em d g
Sometimes she needs the beating of another heart

Em bm g c d
(Just chords)

G d
All the steps we seem to take
Em bm c d
Are sometimes stairways to escape from
Em g bm d
All the things that were supposed to come

G d
And there's a threat when letting go
Em bm c
Showing things she'll never show but
D
I won't give in now I know

Em bm em bm
As I ask friend how on earth can I send
C g d
A little bit of me to her

Em bm
She'll attempt to resist
C g d
And pretend I don't exist when I do

C d
But if ever her defence drop
C d
Love takes a shot pop
C d
Baby you can't stop

G
The beating of another heart
Em c
The beating of another heart yeah
D em d em d
Sometimes she needs the beating of another heart

C# d a
The pounding goes on forever
C# d a
At night when we are here together
C# d a d
They say that people get too clever for love

Em c
But I know

Solo

C d
But if ever her defence drop
C d
Love takes a shot pop
C d
Baby you can't stop

G
The beating of another heart
Em c
The beating of another heart yeah
D em d g
Sometimes she needs the beating of another heart
D g d c
She needs the beating of another heart
D g d em bm g c d
She needs the beating of another h-e-a-r-t

Fade on em g