Blame It On Your Heart

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BLAME IT ON YOUR HEART
By: Harlan Howard & Kostas
Patty Loveless
Key: G

7       7  7  -6* -6*  6
You’ve got a thing or two 
6   -5  -5  6  -4-3-4 -5
to learn a-bout me ba-by
7     7   7   -6* -6* 6 -6*  -5
cause I ain’t tak-in’ it no more 
-5 -5   6   5 -4  5  -5
and I don’t mean may-be
-6*  -6*   -6*  -6*   -5  6 -5
You don’t know right from wrong
-6*  -6*  -6* -7  6  -5 6 -5
Well the love we had is gone
-6* -6* -6*-6*  6   6  -5    -5   -5
So blame it on your ly-in’, cheat-in’, 
5      5    5   5
cold dead-beat-in’,
5   -5  -5    6  -5    5  -5
Two-tim-ing, dou-ble deal-in’
-5   -5    6   -5   -4  -5  -4-33
Mean mis-treat-in’, lov-in’ heart

7     7  7  -6*-6*  6  6  -5
Well all I want-ed was to be 
-5    6 -4-3 -4 -5
your one and on-ly
7    7  7 -6*-6* 6   -6* -5     
And all I ev-er got from you 
-5  6  5-4   5  -5
was be-ing lone-ly
-6*  -6*  -6* -6*  -6* -5  6-5
Now that dream is laid to rest
-6*   -6*  -7    6    -5  6 -5
cause you have failed the test

-6*  -6* -6*-6*  6   6  -5    -5   -5
Hey blame it on your ly-in’, cheat-in’, 
5      5    5   5
cold dead-beat-in’,
5   -5  -5    6  -5    5  -5
Two-tim-ing, dou-ble deal-in’
-5   -5    6   -5   -4  -5  -4-33
Mean mis-treat-in’, lov-in’ heart

3    3    6   7   7  6   7    6    -7 -5 6 
Are you head-in’ for a heart-ache, oh yeah
-4  -5 -5 -5  6   -5    6   -5
Gon-na get a bad break, oh yeah
3     6  7  6  -7   6    -7  7
You made a bad mis-take, oh yeah
7        7   -7  -7 -7  -7  -6*
Well, you’re nev-er gon-na find 
-5 -7   7  -7    7 -8-77
An-oth-er love like mine

7      7   -6*-6* 6   6
Some-one’s gon-na do you 
-5   -5    6 -4-3 -4 -5
like you done me hon-ey
7    7    7  -6*  -6*  6     -6*  -5 -5
And when she does you like she’ll do you, 
6   5-4   5  -5
it ain’t fun-ny
-6*     -6*  -6* -6* -5 6-5
You’ll need some sym-pa-thy
-6*  -6*  -7  6   -5  6-5
But don’t be call-in’ me
-6*  -6* -6*-6*  6   6  -5    -5   -5
Hey blame it on your ly-in’, cheat-in’, 
5      5    5   5
cold dead-beat-in’,
5   -5  -5    6  -5    5  -5
Two-tim-ing, dou-ble deal-in’
-5   -5    6   -5   -4  -5  -4-33
Mean mis-treat-in’, lov-in’ heart


-6*  -6* -6*-6*  6   6  -5    -5   -5
Hey blame it on your ly-in’, cheat-in’, 
5      5    5   5
cold dead-beat-in’,
5   -5  -5    6  -5    5  -5
Two-tim-ing, dou-ble deal-in’
-5   -5    6   -5   -4  -5  -4-33
Mean mis-treat-in’, lov-in’ heart

3    3    6   7   7  6   7    6    -7 -5 6 
Are you head-in’ for a heart-ache, oh yeah
-4  -5 -5 -5  6   -5    6   -5
Gon-na get a bad break, oh yeah
3     6  7  6  -7   6    -7  7
You made a bad mis-take, oh yeah
7        7   -7  -7 -7  -7  -6*
Well, you’re nev-er gon-na find 
-5 -7   7  -7    7 -8-77
An-oth-er love like mine

7      7   -6*-6* 6   6
Some-one’s gon-na do you 
-5   -5    6 -4-3 -4 -5
like you done me hon-ey
7    7    7  -6*  -6*  6     -6*  -5 -5
And when she does you like she’ll do you, 
6   5-4   5  -5
it ain’t fun-ny
-6*     -6*  -6* -6* -5 6-5
You’ll need some sym-pa-thy
-6*  -6*  -7  6   -5  6-5
But don’t be call-in’ me
-6*  -6* -6*-6*  6   6  -5    -5   -5
Hey blame it on your ly-in’, cheat-in’, 
5      5    5   5
cold dead-beat-in’,
5   -5  -5    6  -5    5  -5
Two-tim-ing, dou-ble deal-in’
-5   -5    6   -5   -4  -5  -4-33
Mean mis-treat-in’, lov-in’ heart

-6*  -6* -6*-6*  6   6  -5    -5   -5
Hey blame it on your ly-in’, cheat-in’, 
5      5    5   5
cold dead-beat-in’,
5   -5  -5    6  -5    5  -5
Two-tim-ing, dou-ble deal-in’
-5   -5    6   -5   -4  -5  -4-33
Mean mis-treat-in’, lov-in’ heart

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