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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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Re: Innocent Hearts

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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Re: Innocent Hearts

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     

The price of anything, is the amount of life you exchange for it.   - H.D. Thoreau
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.
"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke