Brighten My Heart

Sixpence None the Richer

Chords & TabKeyGadvanced84 BPM

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Chords in this song13

Verse 1

My heart is as dark as the soil, sodden with winter rains

My soul is as heavy as the peat, freshly dug from the bog

My thoughts swirl like willow branches caught in autumn winds

My body is as tense as a cat's as it stalks its prey

Chorus

Help me open my heart to You

Help me open my heart to You, oh Jesus

It's what I long to do

Ooh, to do, ooh

Verse 2

My heart is as dark as the soil, sodden with winter rains (Lord, brighten my heart)

My soul is as heavy as the peat, freshly dug from the bog (Lord, lighten my soul)

My thoughts swirl like willow branches caught in autumn winds (Lord, still my thoughts)

My body is as tense as a cat's as it stalks its prey (Lord relax my body)

Chorus

Help me open my heart to You (Help me open my heart to You)

Help me open my heart to You, oh Jesus

It's what I long to do

Ooh, to do, ooh

Instrumental

Soloish thing, tab instead of chords:

e|----5--2--0--0-2-0-0-0--0-2--0-----3-3-2-0-2-|
B|----3--3---3-1---1-1-1-3-----3-----3-3-----3-|
G|-2--2--2-----2---2-----------0-----3-3-----2-|
D|-0--0--0-----0---0-----------0-----2-2-----0-|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------3---3-----------|
e|-5--2---0-2-3-2-0--0-0---0-2--0-----3-3-2-0-2-|
B|-3--3--3--1-1-1-1--1-1--3-----3-----3-3-------|
G|-2--2-----2-2-2-2--2-2--------0-----3-3-------|
D|-0--0-----0-0-0-0--0-0--------0-----2-2-------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------3---3-----------|
e|-0--0-0-0-0---0--h2-0---2-5-5--5-5--2-2---10/3-|
B|-0--0-0-2-3-2-0-----3-r-----3--3-3--2-2----8/3-|
G|-1--1-1-2-4-2-1-----0-i-----0--2-2--4-4------0-|
D|-2--2-2-2-0-2-2-----0-n-----0--2-2--4-4------0-|
A|-2--2-2-0---0-2-------g--------0----2-2------2-|
E|-0--0-0-------0-----3-------3----------------3-|

Chorus

Help me open my heart to You (Help me open my heart to You)

Help me open my heart to You, sweet Jesus, I

(Help me open my heart to You) I want to open my heart to You

(Help me open my heart to You) I want to open my heart to You, oh Jesus

It's what I long to do

Ooh, to do, ooh

To do, ooh

Chords used:

e|-2--2----2----3--3--1--3--0-|
B|-3--1----0----3--3--1--1--1-|
G|-2--2----0----3--0--2--2--0-|
D|-0--0----0----5--0--3--3--2-|
A|---------2----5--2--------3-|
E|--------------3--3----------|

That is all you need to play and sing that song with one voice

and one guitar. The solo isn't exactly what is played...it's sorta

improvised, because it's played on a dobro or something, and there

are a lot of other stringed instruments playing at that point.

So the solo is basically my best interpretation of how you can play

that without the violins, cellos and stuff.