| Dm | C/D | Dm |
| Dm | C/D | Dm | |
| See the sun rise | over her | skin |
| C/D | Dm | |
| Don't c | hange it |
| C/D | Dm | |
| See the sun rise | over her | skin |
| C/D | Bb/F | C | |
| Dawn chang | es | everything, everyt | hing |
| Bb | F | C | Csus4 | C | |
| And the dealta | sun burns | bright and | violent |
| Dm | C/D | Dm | |
| Mississippi and the | cotton wool | heat, |
| Dm | C/D | Dm | |
| Sixty-six the h | ighway sp | eaks |
| C/D | Bb/F | C | |
| Of | deserts | dry, of cool green | valleys |
| Bb | F | C | Csus4 | C | |
| Gold and silver | veins - | shining | cities |
| Gm7 | Bb | |
| In this | heartland |
| F | |
| In this | heartland |
| Gm7 | Bb | |
| In this | heartland |
| F | |
| Heaven knows this is a heartland |
| Dm | C/D | Dm | C/D | |
| See the sun rise | over her | skin |
| Dm | C/D | Dm | C/D | |
| She feels like water | in my | hand |
| Dm | C/D | Dm | |
| freeway like a river | cuts through this | land |
| Bb/F | C | Csus4 | |
| Into the side of | love like a burning | spear |
| C | Bb/F | C | Csus4 | |
| And the poison | rain brings a flood of | fear |
| C | Bb/F | C | Csus4 | |
| Through the ghostranch | hills, Death Valley | waters |
| C | Bb/F | C | Csus4 | C | |
| In the towers of | steel, belief goes | on and | on |
| Gm7 | Bb | |
| In this | heartland |
| F | |
| In this | heartland |
| Gm7 | Bb | |
| In this | heartland |
| F | |
| Heaven knows this is a heartland |