It's A Heartache chords
by Bonnie TylerSong Key: C Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 120 bpm
Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Beginner (easy guitar song)
Guitar Chords: C, Em, F, Am, G, G/F, G/E, G/D
Bass Run: G/F, G/E, G/D (see charts below)
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It's A Heartache
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key C
Intro: 4/4 ‖ | 𝄎 | 𝄎 | 𝄎 ‖
(It's a)
C Em
1. It's a heart-ache Noth-ing but a heart-ache
F C G
Hits you when it's too late Hits you when you're do-o-o-own
C Em
It's a fool's game Noth-ing but a fool's game
F C G
Stand-ing in the cold rain Feel-ing like a clo-o-o-own
C Em
It's a heart-ache Noth-ing but a heart-ache
F C G
Love him till your arms break Then he let's you do-o-o-own
F G
** It ain't right With love to share
Em Am G G/F G/E G/D
When you find he does-n't care For you
F G
It ain't wise To need some-one
Em Am G G/F G/E G/D
As much as I de-pend-ed on...You
C Em
2. It's a heart-ache Noth-ing but a heart-ache
F C G
Hits you when it's too late Hits you when you're do-o-o-own
C Em
Its a fool's game Noth-ing but a fool's game
F C G
Stand-ing in the cold rain Feel-ing like a clo-o-o-own
C Em F C G
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F G
** It ain't right With love to share
Em Am G G/F G/E G/D
When you find he does-n't care For you
F G
It ain't wise To need some-one
Em Am G G/F G/E G/D
As much as I de-pend-ed on... You
C Em
3. Oh it's a heart-ache Noth-ing but a heart-ache
F C G
Love him till your arms break Then he lets you do-o-o-own
C C Em Em
| It's a | fool's game | Stand-ing in the | cold rain |
F F C G
| | Feel-ing like a | clo-o-o-|-own (It's a)|
C C Em Em
|It's a heart - | ache | | (Love him till your)|
F F C G
Love him till your arms break Then he lets you do-o-o-own...
Please Note: The Bass Run G/F, G/E, G/D uses the bass notes on the 4th string with the omission of strings 5 & 6. You don't have to play the bass run but give it a go - sounds great, especially if you are finger-picking. If you omit the bass run, simply play a G chord.
Song Details:
- Songwriters: Ronnie Scott, Steve Wolfe
- Lyrics Begin: It's a heartache, nothing but a heartache
- Performing Artist: Bonnie Tyler
- Single:
Released: 4 November 1977
B-side: Got So Used to Lovin' You - Genre: Folk rock, country
- Album: Natural Force
Recorded: 1977
Released: 12 May 1978
Bonnie Tyler
Born: Gaynor Hopkins on the 8th June, 1951 Skewen, Neath, Wales.
Music Styles: Rock, country
Active Years: 1975 - present
Awards & Acknowledgments:
- It's A Heartache & Total Eclipse Of The Heart are among the beast singles of all time with each song selling over 6 million units.
- Her 1976 single, Lost in France led to her 1977 Brit Awards nomination for Best British Female Newcomer.
- 1979 - winner of the 10th World Popular Song Festival with Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean, representing the United Kingdom.
- 1980's - nominated for 2 Brit Awards & 3 Grammy Awards.
- 2013 - presented with the Gold Badge award by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).
- 2013 - the first and only representative of the United Kingdom to receive a Eurovision Song Contest Radio award.
- One of the first western artists to tour the Soviet Union
