How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns
written and performed by Paul Simon
from "One Trick Pony."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.
E
In the blue light
E9
Of the Belvedere Motel
A E
Wondering as the television burns
B7 E
How the heart approaches what it yearns
In a fe-ver
E9
I distinctly hear your voice
A E
Emerging from a dream, the dream returns
B7 E E7
How the heart approaches what it yearns
Gbmaj7 Gb/F Bbm7 Bbm6
After the rain on the Interstate
Cm7-5 Cdim Bbm7
Headlights slide past the moon
Ebm7-5
A bone-weary traveler
Dbmaj7 Gbmaj7
Waits by the side of the road
Gbm6 B7
Where's he going?
Instrumental:
E E9 A E B7 E E7
Gbmaj7 Gb/F Bbm7 Bbm6
I dream we are lying on the top of a hill
Cm7-5 Cdim Bbm7
And headlights slide past the moon
Ebm7-5
I roll in your arms
Dbmaj7 Gbmaj7
And your voice is the heat of the night
Gbm6
I'm on fire
B7 E
In a phone booth
E9
In some local bar and grill
A E
Rehearsing what I'll say, my coin returns
B7 E
How the heart approaches what it yearns
B7 E
How the heart approaches what it yearns
B7 E B7 E
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