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Heart Is A Drum Tab

by Beck
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Complete song for fingerpicked guitar.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
Capo: no capo
Author 1978benf [pro] 62. Last edit on Jul 8, 2022
Beck – Heart is a Drum
 
I’ve seen other notes that the tuning for this is CGCFCF, but the high string, as far as I can tell, is
not played at all in the song, so it seems irrelevant to tune it up.  Given the extensive use of CGCFCE
by Nick Drake (primarily the songs that Beck has covered), it seems logical to me that Beck would be tuned
to that.
 
 
Main Riff – While the song is in 4/4 time, this riff is easier to play if you count it as 1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2,
and all other parts of the song in 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4.
 
This riff makes up the introduction, various parts of the song, and the outro.
 
E|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|--------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------0----------------|
 
[Intro]
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|--------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
 
[Verse]
 
     Free…………………………………           as a driving wheel
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|--------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
 
            Circling around your    iron will
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------0---------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----2-------2---2---2-------2---2---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|----------------------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--2-------2-------2-------2-------0---------------0----------------|
 
     See…………………………………          only what you feel
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|--------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
 
       Keeps you turning when you’re standing still
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------0---------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----2-------2---2---2-------2---2---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|----------------------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--2-------2-------2-------2-------0---------------0----------------|
 
[Chorus]
 
     You try to run from trouble  when it comes     you follow the
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------2---------------2---------------0---------------0----------|
F|------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0----|
C|----2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---5-------5---5--|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------2-------2-------5-------5--------|
 
    Drum               keeping time with everyone
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---5-------5---5---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----2--|
G|--------2-----0-------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------5-------5-------0---------------0----------------|
 
 
 
E|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|--------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------0----------------|
 
[Verse]
 
     High…………………………………        as the light of day
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|--------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
 
            You're falling down across your lost highway
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------0---------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----2-------2---2---2-------2---2---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|----------------------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--2-------2-------2-------2-------0---------------0----------------|
 
     Pain…………………………………          does it hurt this way?
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|--------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
 
       To come so far to find they’ve closed the gates
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------0---------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----2-------2---2---2-------2---2---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|----------------------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--2-------2-------2-------2-------0---------------0----------------|
 
[Chorus]
 
  You’ve lost your tongue when you fall from the pendulum, your heart
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------2---------------2---------------0---------------0----------|
F|------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0----|
C|----2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---5-------5---5--|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------2-------2-------5-------5--------|
 
 Is a drum               keeping time with everyone
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---5-------5---5---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----2--|
G|--------2-----0-------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------5-------5-------0---------------0----------------|
 
[Kinda like another Chorus]
 
  Everyone, if they drown from the undertow…………………………………………………
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------2---------------2---------------0---------------0----------|
F|------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0----|
C|----2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---5-------5---5--|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------2-------2-------5-------5--------|
 
  I need to find someone to show me how to play it slow and just let
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------2---------------2---------------0---------------0----------|
F|------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0----|
C|----2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---5-------5---5--|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------2-------2-------5-------5--------|
 
  it go
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|--------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
 
[Interlude]
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------0---------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----3-------3---3---3-------2---2---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|----------------------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--3-------3-------3-------2-------0---------------0----------------|
 
 
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------0---------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----3-------3---3---3-------2---2---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|----------------------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--3-------3-------3-------2-------0---------------0----------------|
 
 
 
E|-----------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|--------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------0----------------|
 
[Chorus]
 
     Your eyes get stung by the rays of the sinking sun, You follow the
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------2---------------2---------------0---------------0----------|
F|------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0----|
C|----2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---5-------5---5--|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------2-------2-------5-------5--------|
 
    Drum               keeping time with everyone
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---5-------5---5---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----2--|
G|--------2-----0-------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------5-------5-------0---------------0----------------|
 
[Ending]
 
   Going beat beat beat it’s beating me down
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------0---------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----3-------3---3---3-------2---2---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|----------------------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--3-------3-------3-------2-------0---------------0----------------|
 
    Beat beat beat beat it’s beating me down
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------0---------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----3-------3---3---3-------2---2---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|----------------------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--3-------3-------3-------2-------0---------------0----------------|
 
    Day after day, it’s turning me round
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------0---------------0------------------------------------------|
F|------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----3-------3---3---3-------2---2---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|----------------------------------------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--3-------3-------3-------2-------0---------------0----------------|
 
      ‘til all my days are
 
E|----------------------------------|
C|--------0---------------0---------|
F|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
C|----2-------2---2---2-------2---2-|
G|----------------------------------|
C|--2-------2-------2-------2-------|
 
       drowning out
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------2---------------2---------------2---------------2----------|
F|------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2----|
C|----2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|
G|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0------|
C|----4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4--|
G|--------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0---------2-----0----|
C|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------| repeat to fade

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