My Heart Can't Tell You No Chords
by Rod Stewart
My Heart Can't Tell You No by Rod Stewart is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(intro) G C
(verso 1)
G
I don't want you to come round here no more,
C
I beg you for mercy.
G
You don't know how strong my weakness is
C
Or how much it hurts me.
Em D
Cause when you say it over with him,
C Em
I want to believe it's true.
D
So I let you in, knowing tomorrow
C
I'm gonna wake up missing you,
D
Wake up missing you.
G Em C D
When the one you love's in love with someone else,
G Em C D
Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.
Em D
No matter how I try to convince myself,
C Em
This time I won't lose control.
D C
One look in your blue eyes and suddenly my heart can't tell you no.
(verso 2)
G
I don't want you to call me up no more,
C
Saying you need me.
G
You're crazy if you think just half your love
C
Could ever please me.
Em D
Still I want to hold you, touch you
C Em
When you look at me that way.
D
There's only one solution I know:
C
You gotta stay away from me,
D
Stay away from me!
(Refrão)
G Em C D
When the one you love's in love with someone else,
G Em C D
Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.
Em D
No matter how I try to convince myself,
C Em
This time I won't lose control.
D C
One look in your sad eyes and suddenly my heart can't tell you no.
D
My Heart can't tell you no!
(Solo) Em D C Em D C Em
Em D C Em
E|---------------------------|--------9--------------------------|
B|-7-8-8-8---8-7-8-7--7------|-7-8-9----9-7-7~~----8-7-8--7------|
G|-------------------9-9-7-7~|------------------------------9-9~-|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Em D C
E|-12-12-12--------------7-8-10-8-7-8-7----7------------------------------|
B|----------12-12-12~-------------------10---10-8-10-8-7-8-7---7----------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------9---9-7-9-9~-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Em)
E|------------------------12-10-12~--|
B|-----------12-10-12~---------------|
G|-9-7-9~----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
(verso 3)
G
I don't want you to come round here no more,
C
I beg you for mercy.
G
You don't know how strong my weakness is
C
Or how much it hurts me.
Em D
Cause when you say it over with him,
C Em
I want to believe it's true.
D
So I let you in, knowing tomorrow
C
I'm gonna wake up missing you,
D
Wake up missing you.
(Refrão)
G Em C D
When the one you love's in love with someone else,
G Em C D
Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.
G Em C D
When the one you love's in love with someone else,
G Em C D
Don't you know it's torture? I mean it's a living hell.
C
Living hell...