| Intro: |
| A |
| A | |
| M | y heart's in the ice house Come hill or come valley |
| D | |
| Like a | long ago Sunday when I walked through the alley |
| A | E7 | |
| On a | cold winter's morning to a | church house |
| A | |
| Just to shovel some | snow |
| A | |
| I | heard sirens on the train track Howl naked gettin' nuder |
| D | |
| An | alter boy's been hit by a local commuter |
| A | E7 | |
| Just from | walking with his back turned to the | train |
| A | A7 | |
| That was comming so | slow |
| Chorus: |
| D | |
| You can | gaze out the window Get mad and get madder |
| A | |
| Throw you | hands in the air Say "What does it matter?" |
| E7 | |
| But it | don't do no good to get angry |
| A | A7 | |
| So help me I | know |
| D | |
| For a | heart stained in anger Grows weak and grows bitter |
| A | |
| You be | come your own prisoner |
| E7 | |
| As you watch yourself sit there wrapped | up in a trap |
| A | |
| Of your very own chain of | sorrow. |
| Instrumental: |
| A | D | A | E | A | |
| A | |
| I been | brought down to zero Pulled out and put back there |
| D | |
| I | sat on the park bench kissed the girl with the black hair |
| A | E7 | |
| And my | head shouted down to my | heart |
| A | |
| You better look out be | low. |
| A | |
| H | ey, it ain't such a long drop Don't stammer. Don't stutter |
| D | |
| From the | diamonds in the sidewalk to the dirt in the gutter |
| A | E7 | |
| And you | carry those bruises to | remind you |
| A | A7 | |
| Wherever you | go. |
| Repeat Chorus: |
| A | |
| M | y heart's in the ice house Come hill or come valley |
| D | |
| Like a | long ago Sunday when I walked through the alley |
| A | E7 | |
| On a | cold winter's morning to a | church house |
| A | |
| Just to shovel some | snow |
| A | |
| I | heard sirens on the train track Howl naked gettin' nuder |
| D | |
| An | alter boy's been hit by a local commuter |
| A | E7 | |
| Just from | walking with his back turned to the | train |
| A | A7 | |
| That was comming so | slow |
| Repeat Chorus: |
| Instrumental and Fade |
| A | D | A | E | A |