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Topic: Innocent Hearts

A song about how treacherous love can be....
probably needs a lot of musical tweeking - I'll work at it.
Just thought I'd throw it out there.

Innocent Hearts By  jim  Kenyon


Verse 1


[Em] My mind and my [G]heart are at [C]war a[G]gain


Seems that [Em]lately they [G]can’t quite [C]get a[G]long


yea my [Em]mind says I’m [G]heading in the [C]right di[G]rection


While my [Em] heart says I [G]need to [C]go back [D]home


I’ve placed [Em] too much [G]burden on this [C]restless [G]heart


and now it [Em] waits and [G] waits for a [C]saving [G]grace


you'd think by[Em] now I'd be [G]way a [C]head of the [G]game


but it [Em] feels like I’m [G]still in the [C] same old [D]place




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Chorus


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ooh, so [C]many doors to open and there's [G]some to close


which are [C]the right ones, I don’t think [G]anyone knows


that’s the [C] mystery oflove, just like an [G]overture starts


always [D] building new dreams in those [C]innocent [G]hearts




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Verse 2



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Love can [Em]make you feel [G]great, it can [C] drive you [G]mad


hard to [Em] tell the real [G]thing from some [C]crazy [G] crush


got no [Em] rhyme nor [G] reason, just leaves you[C] falling [G]free


it’s like [Em] painting a [G]masterpiece with [C]out a [D] brush


Love asks [Em]to give up your [G]heart and [C]bare your [G]soul


And it [Em]promises to [G]kiss all your [C]tears good[G]bye


it can [Em]take away your [G]pain, and bring you [C] tomorrow's [G] light


And then [Em]take you by the [G]hand and show you [C]how to[D] fly




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Chorus


.ooh, so [C]many doors to open and there's [G]some to close


which are [C]the right ones, Idon’t think [G]anyoneknows


that’s the [C] mystery oflove, just like an [G]overture starts


it’s always [D] building new dreams in those [C]innocent [G]hearts


[D] building new dreams in those [C]innocent [G]hearts


[D] building new dreams in those [C]innocent [G]hearts


Yea love is [D] building new dreams in those [C]innocent [G]hearts



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Re: Innocent Hearts

Nice Song... I have enjoyed a lot.. such a nice lyrics     

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Re: Innocent Hearts

Hi Jim. Another masterpiece my friend. Reads really nice, the words flow like a river gently babbling to a bigger river? I think this will grow to become that river.     

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Re: Innocent Hearts

Very good, TIG ... all of your songs have a natural "unforced" feel to them, which allows the message to shine through without distraction. A lot of my own poetry (to me, anyway)  seems to read as if it's being forced to make the metre / rhyme work properly. You've certainly got an admirable knack for this ... thanks!     

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Jim you just got this natural flair for making good songs with lyrics that flow. Thank you for sharing with us.     

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Thank you everyone for the kind words.
I'm trying to get the playing part down. smile


Thanks again all !

JIm     

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Re: Innocent Hearts

Enjoyed that Jim. Very introspective and yet something I think everyone can relate to: indecision, conflicting emotions, and figuring out what to do in all these difficult situations that come at us in life.     

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Re: Innocent Hearts

Thanks Jeff for the kindness.


I have re-written some of the lyric and tried to make the phrasing fit better to the chord sequence.
That's the real hard part for me in writing b/c I haven't got a musical base to work from.
If I could actually sing and play it would help !
I'm going to try to  record it today - we'll see how it goes.
Thanks again

Jim     

Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.

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