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In the night I hear them talk, the cold est sto ry ev er told.
Some where far a long this road he lost his soul to a wom an so heart less.
How could you be so heart less?
Oh, how could you be so heart less?
How could you be so cold as the win ter wind when it breeze, yo.
Just re mem ber that you talk ing to me, yo.
You need to (G)watch the way you talk ing to me, yo.
I mean (Am)af ter all the things that we been through, I mean af ter all the things we got in to.
Hey yo, I know there are some things you ain’t told me.
Hey yo, I (G)did some things but that’s the old me.
And now you (Am)want to get me back and you gon’ show me, so you walk a round like you don’t know me.
You got a new friend, well, I’ve got hom ies.
But in the (G)end it’s still so lone ly.
In the night I hear them talk, the cold est sto ry ev er told.
Some where far a long this road, he lost his soul to a wom an so heart less.
How could you be so heart less?
Oh, how could you be so heart less?
How could you be so Doc tor E vil?
You’re bring ing out a side of me that I don’t know.
On a Sat ur day we weren’t gon’ speak, so (G)why we up three A.
M.
on the phone?
Why though she be so mad at me for?
Hom ie, I don’t know, she’s hot and cold.
I won’t stop, won’t mess my groove up ’cause I (G)al read y know how this thing goes.
You (Am)run and tell your friends that you’re leav ing me.
They say that they don’t see what you see in me.
You wait a cou ple months then you gon’ see you’ll (G)nev er find no bod y bet ter than In the night
Talk ing, talk ing, talk ing, talk.
Ba by, let’s just knock it off.
They don’t know what (G)we been through, they don’t know ’bout (Am)me and you.
So why I got some thing new to see?
And you just gon’t keep hat ing me.
And we just gon’ be (CN.C.)en e mies.
I know you can’t be lieve I could just leave it wrong.
And you can’t make it right, I’m gon’ take off to night, in to In the night I hear them talk, the cold est sto ry ev er told.
Some where far a long this road he lost his soul to a wom an so heart less.
How could you be so heart less?
Oh, how could you be so heart less?
On and on and on and on and (G)on and, and on and on and (F)on.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah.
Ah,
ah.
This page shows “Heartless” by Kanye West in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 88 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.
This arrangement is a great way to lock in your left-hand "oompah" bass pattern — that means your left hand alternates between a low root note and a higher chord tone on every beat, giving the track its bouncy, hip-hop pulse even at a relaxed 88 BPM. Your right hand cycles through just five chords — Am, C, Em7, F, and G — so the shapes themselves aren't complex, but watch the F-to-G transition closely: it comes up quick and tends to trip people up if your hand isn't already drifting toward position. Start hands-separate and slower than you think you need, maybe around 65 BPM, until that oompah motion feels automatic. Once your left hand can run on autopilot, layer the right hand in. Pay special attention to Em7 — stretching to include that seventh is a small reach that teaches your fingers to voice beyond basic triads. Keep your pedal lifts clean on each chord change so the sad minor tones don't blur into the brighter C and G. This is the piece that'll make oompah bass feel like second nature for every pop song you play next.