It's a Heartache Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays570

It's a Heartache by Rod Stewart is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C9, C, Em, F, G, Am and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: C9  

        C                        Em  
It’s a heartache, nothing but a heartache  
                     F  
Hits you when you’re too late   
                      C     G  
Hits you when you’re down  
              
        C                          Em  
It’s a fool’s game, nothing but a fool’s game  
                 F  
Standing in the cold rain,   
                C     G   
Feling like a clown  

(Stand de bateria)  

        C                        Em  
It’s a heartache, nothing but a heartache  
                     F  
Love him 'til your arms break 
                  C     G   
Then he lets you down  

           F                  G  
It ain't right with love to share  
          C                Am  
When you find he doesn’t care  
     G    F   Em    Dm         
For you  

          F              G  
It ain't wise to need someone  
           C          Am  
As much as I depended on  
G  F  Em  Dm  
You  

   C                        Em  
It’s a heartache, nothing but a heartache  
                      F  
Hits you when you’re too late   
                      C     G  
Hits you when you’re down  

         C                          Em  
It’s a fool’s game, nothing but a fool’s game  
                 F  
Standing in the cold rain,   
                C     G   
Feling like a clown        (((Solo)))  

    F                  G  
It ain't right with love to share  
          C                Am  
When you find he doesn’t care  
     G    F   Em    Dm         
For you  

 F              G  
It ain't wise to need someone  
           C          Am  
As much as I depended on  
G  F  Em  Dm  
You  


         C                       Em  
Oh, it´s a Heartache, nothing but a heartache  
                     F                           C   G  
Love him 'til your arms break, then he lets you down  
         C                        Em  
It´s a fools game, nothin' but a fools game  
                 F                         C    G  
Standing in the cool rain, feeling like a clow  

         C                Em  
it´s a Heartache, it´s a Heartache,   
                 F                          C    G  
Standing in the cool rain, when he let you down  

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante