Trout Heart Replica

Chords

Standard

# For the sake of simplicity, you can use the unmodified chords,
but some substitutions are more accurate to the original. 

Bb C Am Bb x2

Bb                 
They've been circling
C
They've been circling
Am                      Bb
Since the day they were born 
Bb
It's disturbing
C
How they're circling
Am                  Bb
Fifty feet from the pond

Bb
Pretty often
C
Pretty often
Am                 Bb
I don't want to be told
Bb
It's a problem
C
It's a problem
Am               Bb
It's a problem I know

Bb                    C                Am                Bb
And I won't keep what I can't catch in my bare hands without a net
     Bb             C                Am               Bb
It's hard enough to walk on grass so conscious of the consequences

Bb C Am Bb x 2

Bb                  
They've been jerking
C
They've been jerking
Am               Bb
In a pail by the dock
Bb           
I know that oxygen might
C
Make them blossom and die
Am                   Bb
But I'm not going to talk

Bb       
Feed them details
C
Feed them emails
Am                 Bb
They'll eventually grow
Bb    
But it's not working
C
It's not working
Am              Bb
Not as far as I know

    Bb                C                Am                 Bb
And killing things is not so hard it's hurting that's the hardest part
    Bb              C              Am           Bb
And when the wizard gets to me I'm asking for a smaller heart

Bb C Am Bb x 2

Bbsus2
And I got you
  C
I thought that I got you
Am7              Bbsus2
now I'll ruin it all
Bbsus2
Feeling helpless
C
Acting selfish
Am7             Bbsus2
Being human and all

Bbsus2
And they're jumping
C
And they're jumping
Am7                   Bbsus2
But they'll never get out
Bbsus2
Just keep touring
C
Just keep on ignoring
Am7             Bbsus2
Be a good little trout

        Bb                C                 
And the butcher stops and winds his watch
    Am                    Bb
And lays their lives down on the block
   Bb            c               Am                 Bb
He raises up his hatchet and the big hand strikes a compromise

Bb          C          G
Wait, we'll trade you, wait
Bb          C        G
Please just one more day
    Bb         C
And then we'll go with 

  Bb*
A|-1-|
E|-0-|
C|-2-|
G|-3-|

G5 G6  G7 G
No complaining
Bb Bb* Bb5 Bb6
No complaining
G5 G6 G7  G
No complaining
Bb   Bb*
Stop come...

Bb C Am Bb x2

Bb 
And they're cutting
C
And they're cutting
Am                 Bb
And I think that I know
Bb
And they're gutting
C
And they're gutting
Am                 Bb
And I think that I know
Bb
And it's beating
C
Look, it's beating
Am                  Bb
And I don't want to know
Bb
And it's beating
C
Look, it's still beating
Am                   Bb
God, I don't want to know

Bb                    C
And killing things is not so hard 
     Am                 Bb
It's hurting that's the hardest part 
    Bb              C
And when the wizard gets to me
    Am           Bb 
I'm asking for a smaller heart 
    Bb             C
And if he tells me "no"
             Am             Bb 
I'll hold my breath until I hit the floor 
 Bb            C
Eventually I'm know I'm doomed 
   Am            Bb
To get what I am asking for

       Bb          C
Now my heart is exactly the size
     F                    Bb 
Of a six-sided die cut in half
        F                Bb
Made of ruby red stained glass
      Bb                       C              
Can I knock you unconscious as long as I promise
     F                          Bb
I'll love you and I'll make you laugh? 

       Bb          C
Now my heart is exactly the size
     F                    Bb 
Of a six-sided die cut in half
        F                Bb
Made of ruby red stained glass
      Bb                       C              
Can I knock you unconscious as long as I promise
     F                          Bb
I'll love you and I'll make you laugh?