The Heart Is Quicker Than The Eye Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Gm]Dear[F] old[E][Am][D][G]
[Am]mother was [Bb]as wise [Am]as ten [D]folk
And [G]she knew [D]her way
[Cdim]about the men[D]folk
Once [G]she said to me,
though [F#]you're quite a pup,
Daughter [Em]dear, [A]it's time I wised [D]you up.
She [G]said love [Am]has always [B]been my hoo[D]doo,
[Dm]
[D]Though I've [Em]lived,
I [A]know much [Am]less [D]than you [Ebdim]do.[D]
[G]Mother [Bm]told [Am]me there[D]'s
[G]no use [D]asking [G]why
[Em]He loves s[D]he and she loves h[C]e
The heart [D]is quicker than the eye
[G]Mother [Bm]warne[Am]d me their[D]
play doesn't ap[F#]ply
[D]Turn [G]you[Em]r back,[D]
and love [G]goes whack[C]
The heart [D]is quicker than the [Bb]eye
[Eb]Love can [Gm]kill you [Fm]off,
[Bb]baby, faster than flit
[Fm]It f[Bb]inds [Eb]it s [Adim]mark, a[Cdim]nd hone[D]y,[E]
[Am]you're it de[D]ar[G] sweet[Bm] mothe[Am]r was [D]careful and so sly
but [Em]my d[D]ear you se[G]e I'm he[B]re
the [D]heart [C]is quick[Ebdim]er than t[Eb]he ey[D]e in[G][Em][D]
[Em]December 1913 [Am]moth[D]er got a[Em] little snoopful[Am]
[D]in [Bb]September 1914[Cm]
[F]I w[Bb]as born alive and beautiful[Cm]
[F]I r[A]ecall[D] a few years late[Am]r
[D]I w[Ebdim]as taken [Am]with the[D] measles[G]
[D]an [G]d m[Am]y darling [D]little mother
[Ebdim]would sit[Cdim] up all[C] nig[D]hts[G]
[Am]with a [D]good -looking [G]guy.
[Am]Oh m[D]e, oh my[G].[Em][Am]
[D]We [G]would tra[Em]vel quite a l[D]ot,
[Em]but we always went t[Am]o Reno.[D]
[Bb]She'd re[C]marry like a [Cm]shot,
[Fsus4]not for l[F]ong,[Bb]
but [Gm]how could [Cm]she know.[Cdim][F]
[Am]Number [D]four [Am]was a musician.
[D]He cou[Am]ld swi[D]ng it sweet and[G] hot.
[Am]Whistler's m[D]other is
a clas[Ebdim]sic.
[Cdim]Mother's [C]Whistler [D]was [G]not.
[Am]He was t[D]rapped like th[G]e rest.
[Am]Mother al[D]ways knew [G]best.
[D]You[Em] say [F]lo[Bb]ve is[Eb] blin[Gm]d,[Fm]
I say [Bb]love's cockeyed [Fm]too
[Bb]The [Adim]gift of [Eb]grab[D] ob[C]
[G]scures [Em]the v[Am]iew[D]
[G]Mother [Bm]begged [Am]me,
[D]don't dri[G]nk with any[D] guy
[G]So I w[Em]as made [D]a lemo[G]nade
[Gaug]The hear[G]t is qui[G]cker
[D]than the [G]ride[D][G]