Learn how to play Heartbeats by Jose González

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Difficulty: Intermediate
Tuning: Open D Tune Your Guitar
Capo: 1st
Intro 

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then for when he starts singing during the verses, this wildly different part

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and then between the little bit between the verse and chorus do the...:
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f#-----------0---|
d -----0---0-----|
a -4h5---5-----0-|
D ---------------|    ....bit twice, and put a bit of feeling in
                                       there.

as for the chorus he likes to switch a bit...

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D -0-----------------------------|
                   and as he sings "leaaaaaaaaan oooooon", it goes to the
                   other way and continues as normal.

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b -------------------------------       b ---------0------------------|
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d --------0--(0)--------0--(0)---       d -------4---4----------4-----|
a ----4h5---5-------4h5---5-----0       a -2---2----------0h2-2---0---|
D -0-----------------------------  x2   D --------------------------4-|


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then for the little interlude bit when he goes on about angels and wolf teeth...

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a -----7-----7---          a -----5-----5---|
D -7------------- x4       D -5-------------| x4


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d -------0-----0---------7-----0::-------0-----0--::
a -----7-----7---------7-----7--::-----7-----7----::
D -7---------------7------------::-7--------------:: (bits within the dots x2)


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Sing along

One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth
We had a promise made
Four hands and then away

Both under influence
We had divine scent
To know what to say
Mind is a razor blade

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no

One night of magic rush
The start a simple touch
One night to push and scream
And then relief

Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue
We had a promise made
We were in love

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough

And you, you knew the hands of the devil
And you, kept us awake with wolf teeth
Sharing different heartbeats
In one night

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no

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