A HEART NEEDS A HOME
By Richard Thompson
From the album "Hokey Pokey"

THIS TRANSCRIPTION CONTAINS TWO VERSIONS

VERSION ONE
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transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu
(guitar capo 3rd fret to play with "Hokey Pokey" recording)
(I sometimes use alternate chords in parentheses)
 
D C        G        Em      G
I know the way that I feel about you
    Em             
    (C/G)            (G)
I'm never gonna run away
    C/G              G
I'm never gonna run away
  D     C        G        Em          G
I never knew the way when I lived without you
    Em             
    (C/G)            (G)
I'm never gonna run away
    C/G              G
I'm never gonna run away
 
D                     C         G
I came to you when no one could hear me
    C        G        Am     D
    (C)      (G)      (Em)   (D) (D/C) (D/B) (D/A)
I'm sick and weary of being alone
D                 C      G
Empty streets and hungry faces
    C          G                 Am      G
    (C)        (G)               (Em)    (C) (C/B)
The world's no place when you're on your own
G               Em
(Am)            (D)
A heart needs a home
D

Some people say that I should forget you
I'm never gonna be a fool
I'm never gonna be a fool
A better life, they say, if I'd never met you
I'm never gonna be a fool
I'm never gonna be a fool
 
Tongues talk fire and eyes cry rivers
Indian givers, hearts of stone
Paper ships and painted faces
The world's no place when you're on your own
A heart needs a home


VERSION TWO
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Transcription by WFerg424 <WFerg424@aol.com>

A HEART NEEDS A HOME 
(capo 1st fret - all chords are 1/2 step higher than written)

E   D       A      F#m        A
I know the way that I feel about you...

    F#m                  F#m7
I'm never gonna run away,

     D                A       D
I'm never gonna run away


 E     D        A      F#m           A
Never knew the way when I lived without you...


    F#m                  F#m7
I'm never gonna run away, 

     D                A       D
I'm never gonna run away.


E          D           A
I came to you when no-one could hear me,

     D        A        Bm      E
I'm sick and weary of being alone.

 C#m     D          A
Empty streets and hungry faces,

      D          A                D  E    A
The world's no place when you're on your own.

        A(G#bass)    F#m    F#m(Ebass)   B7 
A Heart  Needs  A    Home

 E    D      A      F#m           A
Some people say that I should forget you...

        F#m                  F#m7
But I'm never gonna be a fool, 
     D                A        D
I'm never gonna be a fool

 E       D         A      F#m            A
Better life, they say, if I'd never met you...

        F#m                  F#m7
But I'm never gonna be a fool, 

        D                A     D
Oh I'm never gonna be a fool

 E            D        A
Tongues talk fire and eyes cry rivers

 D      A       Bm         E
Indian givers, hearts of stone

C#m     D         A
Paper ships and painted faces

      D          A                D  E    A
The world's no place when you're on your own

         A(G#bass)     F#m    
A Heart    Needs    A  Home

F#m/Ebass   B7    Bmaj7b9(Fbass)   E

Bmaj7b9 (F bass)

E - X
B - 0
G - 2
D - 0
A - 0
E - 1