Shape of My Heart
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- bbb or '''
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- < or *
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Tab
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He deals the cards as a me-di-ta-tion
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And those he plays nev-er su-spect
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He does-n't play for the mon-ey he wins
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He does-n't play for the re-spect
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He deals the cards to find the an-swer
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The sa-cred ge-ome-try of chance
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The hid-den law of a prob-a-ble out-come
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The num-bers lead a dance
REFRAIN
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I know that the spades
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are the swords of a sol-dier
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I know that the clubs are wea-pons of war
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I know that diam-onds mean
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mon-ey for this art
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But that's not the shape of my heart
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He may play the jack of diam-onds
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He may lay the queen of spades
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He may con-ceal a king in his hand
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While the mem-'ry of it fades
[REFRAIN see above]
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That's not the shape________,
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the shape of my heart_______.
**[LARRY ADLER HARMONICA SOLO]:
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And if I told you that I loved you
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You'd may-be think there's some-thing wrong.
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I'm not a man of too man-y fac-es
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The mask I wear is one
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Those who speak know noth-ing
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And find out to their cost
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Like those who curse their luck
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in too man-y plac-es
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And those who smile are lost
[REFRAIN see above]
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That's not the shape of my heart.
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That's not the shape________,
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the shape of my heart.
**Larry Adler's harmonica solo is a full octave
above the rest of the song, so to play it a
little truer to the original, you would need to
play the rest of the song an octave lower.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound
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